Sebastian Telfair opened up about his time locked up with Sean “Diddy” Combs at FCI Fort Dix, revealing how the music mogul stays robust behind bars.
The previous NBA participant was simply launched from the identical New Jersey jail the place Diddy is serving his 50-month sentence. Telfair informed TMZ that Diddy is “holding it down” and “doing what he gotta do” throughout his time on the federal facility.
“Diddy’s holding it down. He’s doing what he gotta do. And the place he’s at, they’re going to assist him,” Telfair stated in his first interview since strolling free. “He’s doing good. Diddy’s gonna be Diddy.”
Telfair is aware of jail life firsthand. He was locked up for violating his supervised launch in reference to a healthcare fraud case.
The 40-year-old was a part of an NBA healthcare fraud scheme that bilked the league’s Gamers Well being and Welfare Profit Plan out of $4 million. Telfair personally took $358,000 via pretend claims earlier than getting caught in 2021.
He obtained sentenced to probation in 2024 however failed to finish the court-ordered neighborhood service. That violation landed him again behind bars for six months at Fort Dix.
The 2 celebrities made headlines earlier this 12 months when pictures leaked exhibiting them collectively in jail. TMZ obtained photos in November exhibiting Diddy smiling and laughing with Telfair and different inmates.
The photographs went viral, exhibiting a grey-haired Diddy trying relaxed regardless of his authorized troubles.
Telfair stated Diddy had been residing a “rock star life” with partying and medicines earlier than jail. However now the Unhealthy Boy founder is utilizing his time to show over a brand new leaf.
“He couldn’t think about how Diddy felt” about going from luxurious to lockup, Telfair defined. Nonetheless, he stated Diddy stays constructive and makes the very best of his scenario.
Diddy was convicted in July 2025 on two Mann Act counts for transporting folks throughout state strains for prostitution. A jury discovered him not responsible of racketeering and intercourse trafficking expenses. Decide Arun Subramanian gave him 50 months – one of many harshest Mann Act sentences in fashionable historical past.
The music mogul isn’t giving up his combat for freedom.
His attorneys referred to as the 50-month sentence “a perversion of justice” and stated the choose ignored the jury’s not-guilty verdict on the extra severe expenses.
The attraction argues that Decide Subramanian “acted as a thirteenth juror” by counting on conduct the jury rejected. Diddy’s staff says he ought to solely be sentenced for “interstate transportation for voluntary prostitution,” which carries a lot shorter pointers.
