Diddy Gets Surprise New Cellmate in Hellhole Jail

They are the most unlikely of cellmates: a rap tycoon with a penchant for “white parties” and a crypto king serving 25 years for a very white-collar crime.

But, according to reports, Sean “Diddy” Combs and FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried are sharing the same “dormitory-style” room at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Both men are also in the same living space at the notoriously tough jail in what sources told NBC was a “barrack-style area,” housing around 18-20 inmates. Separated from the general prison population, the detainees tend to be men in need of some form of protection—be them high-profile or those sequestered after cooperating with authorities.

Combs has been in the jail since his Sept. 17 arrest on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering, and a judge twice denied his request to be released on bail, offering a $50 million bond, on grounds that he could influence potential witnesses with violence and was a flight risk.

Bankman-Fried reportedly asked to remain at the center while pursuing his appeal after being sentenced to 25 years for masterminding a crypto fraud scheme in which he was accused of syphoning away millions of dollars in client money to finance his lavish lifestyle and investments.

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