(NewsNation) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is sharing a cell with imprisoned FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, a source tells The New York Times.
The unit at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center is dormitory-style and is in the same section as a group of other inmates, according to a person familiar with the living arrangements.
A spokeswoman for the Bureau of Prisons told the Times the agency “does not provide information about conditions of confinement, including housing assignments or internal security practices for any particular incarcerated individual.”
The hip-hop mogul, 54, was indicted by a grand jury on several felony charges, ending monthslong speculation surrounding federal raids conducted on two of his properties in March.
He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and unsuccessfully attempted to bail out twice, earning him a spot at the infamous lockup for the foreseeable future.
On Tuesday, one of the mogul’s lawyers, Marc Agnifilo, told the Times, “Dedicated professionals at the M.D.C. are doing everything possible to help him and his lawyers prepare his defense, and I personally thank them.”
He declined to talk about Diddy’s new roommates or living situation.
32-year-old Bankman-Fried was convicted last November of fraud and conspiracy a year after his companies collapsed into bankruptcy as investors rushed to withdraw funds.
A jury concluded that some of their money had been improperly spent on real estate, investments, celebrity endorsements, political contributions and lavish lifestyles.
Diddy at MDC Brooklyn
There are 1,218 people at the Metropolitan Detention Center, which is located in the Eastern New York Judicial District, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
Like the Metropolitan Correctional Center, the MDC is also “plagued by chronic understaffing, constant lockdowns, outbreaks of violence, delayed access to medical care, and a rash of suicides and death,” The Daily Beast reported.
In a statement to The Associated Press, the federal Bureau of Prisons said it is “addressing the staffing and other challenges at MDC Brooklyn.”
NewsNation’s Cassie Buchman, Safia Samee Ali and Liz Jassin and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
