Despite his ongoing legal troubles, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Christmas had one merry and bright spot.
The embattled hip-hop mogul, who’s serving a 50-month prison sentence following his conviction on sex-crimes charges in July, was visited by his son, Justin Combs, on Christmas Day, Combs’ representative Juda Engelmayer told TMZ in an interview published Friday, Dec. 26.
Combs is currently being held at New Jersey’s FCI Fort Dix after spending more than a year at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, following his September 2024 arrest.
Aside from “catching up on life,” the father-son pair reportedly discussed “how to manage life in this time, to pray, appreciate loved ones and reflect on the past with a resolution to do better going forward,” Engelmayer told TMZ. Physical gifts were not exchanged, as the activity is not allowed, per prison policy.
Justin Combs, 31, is Combs’ first biological son, whom he shares with fashion designer and stylist Misa Hylton. The former UCLA football player has had his own legal trouble, including a 2023 arrest for driving under the influence and a June lawsuit alleging he helped orchestrate a “gang rape” of a woman with his superstar father.
In addition to the family visit, Combs’ holiday festivities included a “private reflective mass” with his fellow inmates, Engelmayer told TMZ.
Following a two-month trial in Manhattan federal court, Combs was found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in July and acquitted of the more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.
He was sentenced to 50 months, roughly four years, in prison in October, and the music mogul’s attorneys have since lobbied to overturn his conviction.
On Tuesday, the Grammy-winning rapper’s legal team asked a federal appeals court for his immediate release, as well as to appeal Combs’ conviction. If granted, the ruling would mark the end of his prison sentence.
Combs’ conviction centers on the transportation of two former girlfriends − Casandra “Cassie” Ventura Fine and the anonymous “Jane” – as well as sex workers for the intent of prostitution. The prostitution charges could have carried a maximum sentence of 10 years each.
Combs’ lawyers argued in a filing to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan that the judge had erred in his sentencing by letting evidence from the acquitted charges influence his decision.
Contributing: Taijuan Moorman, KiMi Robinson, Patrick Ryan and Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY