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Sean "Diddy" Combs' release date from prison has been moved up again.
According to a report Entertainment Weekly published on Wednesday, April 1, the imprisoned artist will now be released 10 days earlier than previously reported. Combs' prison sentence was expected to end on April 25, 2028, but it was changed to April 15, 2028. This is the third time his release date has been changed since he was sentenced to 50 months in prison. He was originally supposed to be freed on May 8, 2028. However, an alleged violation of prison rules pushed him back to June 4.
The date was recently changed again to April 25, 2028. Diddy's time behind bars was reduced after he was accepted into a drug-abuse rehabilitation program last November.
Mr. Combs is an active participant in the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP) and has taken his rehabilitation process seriously from the start," a rep for Diddy said last year. "He is fully engaged in his work, focused on growth, and committed to positive change.”
Combs was sentenced to serve just over four years in prison last year after he was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. Because he was denied bail, Combs spent a year in jail, which counted toward his sentence. He also enrolled in various programs designed to help him get over his drug addiction. The artist addressed his issues with drugs in his final letter to the judge before his sentencing.
The update on Combs' release date comes a week before his attorneys present their oral argument to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Back in December, the music mogul's legal team filed its appeal against Combs' conviction and sentence, alleging that Judge Arun Subramanian handed down an unfair punishment. They also claim that Combs' sexual encounters, which were mentioned during the trial, were consensual. Federal prosecutors previously argued to keep Combs' conviction and sentence in place due to his alleged tendency to threaten victims and inflict violence upon them.