Sean 'Diddy' Combs' release date advanced again before appeal hearing

Sean “Diddy” Combs' prison term has been slightly shortened.

The music entrepreneur now has a release date that is 10 days earlier, as per the Federal Bureau of Prisons site. 

This change follows a previous adjustment that reduced his sentence by over a month.

Combs, who is 56, is now set for release on April 15, 2028. Initially, he was due to be released on April 25, 2028, and prior to that, on June 4, 2028.

The release schedule has seen multiple adjustments in recent months. Last December, his release was postponed initially from May 2028 to June 2028, before being updated to April 2028 in early March.

Combs is presently serving a 50-month sentence following last summer's conviction on two counts of transporting for prostitution after a notable federal trial in New York. 

He was cleared of more significant charges, such as sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, which could have led to a life sentence.

Prior to his sentencing, Combs had already spent about a year in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center after being refused bail. 

Prosecutors had aimed for a sentence exceeding a decade, while his defense team advocated for a maximum of 14 months, leveraging the jury's partial exoneration.

Combs is currently held at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey, a federal facility situated on a military base about 40 miles from Philadelphia. 

His attorneys requested this location due to its access to drug rehab programs and closeness to family.

“To address substance abuse issues and enhance family visits and rehabilitation efforts, we advise the court to recommend to the Bureau of Prisons that Mr. Combs be placed at FCI Fort Dix,” his lawyer, Teny Geragos, noted in a court document in October 2025. 

He has been admitted to a drug treatment program, which might help cut his prison time through good conduct credits.

Last December, Combs’ legal team formally contested his conviction and sentencing, asserting that the sexual instances central to the case were consensual and that the sentencing was excessively severe.

On Friday, February 20, federal prosecutors asked an appellate court to maintain his conviction and sentence, claiming in legal documents accessed by PEOPLE that Combs was allegedly a serial and blatant offender who employed violence and threats in his criminal acts.

Combs was found guilty of breaching the Mann Act, a federal law forbidding the transport of individuals across state boundaries for prostitution.