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Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has been sentenced to 50 months in prison for his conviction on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, a New York court has ruled. According to the latest updates, the rapper has been transferred to the Federal Correctional Institution in Fort Dix, New Jersey, where he will serve a four-year and two-month sentence. Diddy Transferred To Fort Dix, New Jersey The transfer was formally registered on Friday, marking the beginning of his incarceration. "His lawyers had requested that Combs be moved to the jailhouse where he is set to stay until May 8, 2028, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons," the moguls' agency said via statement. Combs, 55, faces up to 20 years in prison if the July 2 conviction stands. Jurors found he paid male escorts to travel across state lines to have sex with his girlfriends while he filmed and masturbated, but cleared him of more serious counts of sex trafficking and racketeering. More On Diddy's Case During his two-month trial earlier this year, prosecutors said he coerced two former girlfriends into the sexual performances. Both women - rhythm and blues singer Casandra Ventura, known as Cassie, and a woman known by the pseudonym Jane - testified that Combs physically attacked them and threatened to cut off financial support if they refused to participate in the sex performances. Combs, 55, had faced a range of potential penalties. His lawyers had argued for a sentence of no more than 14 months, while prosecutors sought more than 11 years in prison. A jury had previously acquitted him of more serious charges, including sex trafficking and running a racketeering conspiracy spanning two decades. However, he gets credit for time served since his arrest. Combs has already spent 12 months at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Hence, the current sentence means that he will have to remain incarcerated until late 2028.
