Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is aiming to headline Madison Sq. Backyard for a return live performance after being convicted and jailed on federal prices.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is aiming to headline Madison Sq. Backyard for a return live performance after being convicted and jailed on federal prices
The rapper, 55, is at the moment languishing in jail awaiting his sentencing in October after his latest trial, and his lawyer Marc Agnifilo has now advised CBS Mornings that the I’ll Be Lacking You vocalist has his sights set on the stadium as a part of his rehabilitation and reconnection with followers.
Mr Agnifilo advised anchor Jericka Duncan: “He’s going to be again at Madison Sq. Backyard – and I mentioned I’ll be there.”
The lawyer added Combs desires to “get again together with his mom, and the individuals who love him and miss him.”
Mr Agnifilo continued: “I feel he desires to get out of jail, reestablish a loving, current relationship with all of his seven youngsters.”
Ericka requested: “So he’s talked to you about getting again into music?”
Mr Agnifilo responded: “No – truthfully, he has not – OK, one factor he mentioned… he’s ‘going to be again in Madison Sq. Backyard’.”
When Ericka pressed, “Doing what?”, Mr Agnifilo replied: “I suppose being on stage, you understand?”
He additionally characterised Combs as somebody who “at all times going to try to do one thing… distinctive and possibly demanding and difficult.”
Combs was convicted on 2 July in New York federal court docket on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution, although he was acquitted of racketeering and intercourse trafficking prices.
He faces as much as 20 years in jail and stays in federal custody on the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn, with sentencing scheduled for 3 October 2025.
Decide Arun Subramanian denied bail – for the fifth time – citing Combs as a flight threat and hazard to the neighborhood.
As hypothesis mounts over a doable presidential pardon for the rapper, one other member of Combs’s authorized crew, Nicole Westmoreland, has mentioned: “It’s my understanding that we’ve reached out and had conversations in reference to a pardon.”
She added: “Combs is a really hopeful individual, and I consider that he stays hopeful.”
U.S. President Donald Trump, who as soon as had a cordial relationship with Combs, has mentioned a pardon is extra doubtless a “no” given previous disputes.
He described Combs as “primarily… half‑harmless,” however warned their modified relationship makes clemency tough.
Combs has been incarcerated since his arrest in September 2024, with defence motions for launch – together with a $50 million bond and strict journey restrictions – constantly rejected in court docket.