Disgraced rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is divides a cell with convicted online fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried in a Brooklyn jail.
The pair are reportedly being held in a dormitory room at the Metropolitan Detention Center, where Combs and Friedman are awaiting trial on extortion and sex-trafficking charges. is appealing fraud and conspiracy convictions that could put him away for 25 years.
Multiple outlets including NBC News confirmed that the high-profile bedfellows are being held in a roughly 20-person facility designated for inmates who need special protection. The Federal Bureau of Prisons does not comment on inmate detention.
The 1,600-person Metropolitan Detention Center has a reputation for undesirable living conditions. Two prisoners each fatally stabbed there over the summer. Another man was ostracized by gang members 44 times in April but survived.
Combs, 54, is the no stranger to violence.
His checkered past includes assaulting ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura at a hotel in 2016, which was revealed in May when security video document the incident was made public. He apologized on Instagram calling his actions “inexcusable”.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to the seemingly unrelated criminal charges he now faces and is held without bail.
Bankman-Fried, 32, was convicted of steal $8 billion from customersaccording to prosecutors. He submitted one 102-page appeal on September 13 revolves largely around evidentiary rulings.