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Sean "Diddy" Combs' attorneys are considering a bid for home confinement when the music mogul is sentenced in October, arguing that the therapy he needs for anger management and substance abuse would be more effective outside prison.
Marc Agnifilo, Diddy's lead lawyer, said the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn—where Combs has been held since his September 2024 arrest—offers limited programming in those areas. "The MDC is very strong in certain areas ... one of the areas it's not so strong in, it does not have meaningful programming," he told TMZ. "He has therapists that we have basically lined up for him from the outside."
Combs, 55, was convicted in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, charges that could carry up to 20 years in prison, minus time served. He was cleared of the charges related to sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. Earlier this week, his request for bail and release to his Miami home was denied, with prosecutors citing an "extensive history of violence" and arguing he poses both a danger and a flight risk.
Agnifilo said home confinement remains "certainly an argument that I may make," adding that he intends to request therapy as a formal condition of supervised release. "I think he needs it. I think he thinks he needs it. And that's the important part," he said. "He believes that this would make him a better person."
The defence has already assembled a team of licensed therapists and addiction specialists to work with Combs under court supervision if the judge approves the plan. Agnifilo emphasized that his client has been "working very hard" in therapy, noting, "As you might remember, we got him into a batterers program even before he was arrested in the federal case. Frankly, I wish he had done that 30 years ago."
Combs himself has reportedly told his lawyers he intends to have the last chapters of his life be the best chapters in all the ways that really matter.
Another member of Combs' legal team, Nicole Westmoreland, told CNN that discussions have been held with individuals from President Donald Trump's administration about the possibility of securing a pardon, noting that Combs is still hopeful about the outcome.
The final decision on whether home confinement with therapy will replace a prison term lies with the sentencing judge.
