Described as "disgusting" with "horrifying" conditions, the detention centre music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs now calls home is a far cry from the Miami and Los Angeles mansions he once lived in.
"When he wakes up, he's staring at cinder block painted white walls, as opposed to whatever the decor of his mansions were," Michael Cohen, a former lawyer for President Donald Trump, told CNN on Wednesday.FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of "The Four: Battle For Stardom" at the CBS Radford Studio Center on May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles.
Currently, suspected cartel leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia is being held there as he awaits trial on murder and drug trafficking charges. As such, the entertainer is to remain in federal custody until he faces trial on racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges.Michael Cohen has described conditions inside the New York prison as "horrifying" and "disgusting". With a trial date yet to be set for the 54-year-old hip-hop artist, it's unknown how long Combs will be held in the Brooklyn prison, but after Wednesday's bail denial hearing his lawyer said they would be appealing the decision.
"The team's work is ongoing, but it has already increased permanent staffing at the institution , addressed over 700 backlogged maintenance requests, and applied a continued focus on the issues raised in two recent judicial decisions," Nelson said.The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where Sean 'Diddy' Combs is currently being kept.
"He's waking up on a steel bed with a one-and-a-half-inch mattress, no pillow, in an eight by 10-foot cell that I can assure you is disgusting," Cohen told CNN yesterday.
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