As music entrepreneur Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs remains in a federal detention facility while he awaits trial on numerous sex crime charges, his lawyer has reported that his disgust with the food in prison is likely the “roughest” aspect of the whole situation for him.
At BMDC, People reports that lunches on weekdays are comprised mostly of main courses including hamburgers, baked fish or beef tacos, with scrambled eggs and biscuits on the weekend. While for dinner, the menu includes choices like chicken fajitas, pasta and roast beef. The prison also serves “heart healthy” meals and vegetarian dishes like lentils, tofu and baked beans. These foods are obviously not what he is used to.
“I think the food’s probably the roughest part of it,” Combs’ attorney Marc Agnifilo told reporters outside of a federal courthouse in Manhattan after a status conference.
Combs, who is known as a mogul in the music industry and beyond, was indicted on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution on Sept. 17.
Federal prosecutors accuse Combs of organizing “freak offs,” which were described in the indictment as highly orchestrated sex performances. He is also accused of forcing or coercing women into participating with male sex workers. In May, CNN reported on a leaked surveillance video which appeared to show Combs violently assaulting his ex, Cassandra “Cassie’ Ventura, in an LA hotel in 2016, where he put his hands around her neck, struck her, kicked her and threw an object at her.
Combs is now being housed at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center while he awaits trial. He has spent nearly the last month in jail after two judges denied bail requests, yet his attorneys have filed an appeal to get him released pending trial.
While trying to get his bail request approved, his attorney has said the most difficult part of being in prison for Combs is the food he’s eating.
After Combs’ bail request was denied, with judges citing the possibility of witness tampering, Agnifilo filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit two days before the hearing on Oct. 10.
During the hearing, Combs’ trial was set for May, 5, 2025.
