Sean 'Diddy' Combs Placed on Suicide Watch While Awaiting Trial but Mental State Unclear, Sources Say (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Sean “Diddy” Combsis on suicide watch as he awaits trial in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, sources tell PEOPLE.

Combs, 54,was arrestedat a Manhattan hotel on the night of Monday, Sept. 16. The next day, his indictment was unsealed, revealing thathe’s charged withsex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.

He was remanded to MDC on Tuesday, Sept. 17, afterpleading not guiltyandbeing denied bail twicethis week. It is not known if Combs is suicidal or how long he has been on suicide watch. Sources tell PEOPLE that it is for preventative measures as Combs is in shock and his mental state is unclear.

According to the U.S Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections, suicide watch is “supervisory precautions taken for suicidal inmates that require frequent observation.”

PEOPLE reached out to the Bureau of Prisons and SDNY.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.Shareif Ziyadat/Getty

Shareif Ziyadat/Getty

During a court hearing, Combs' attorney, Marc Agnifilo, asked a judge for the music mogul to be transferred to a prison in Essex County in New Jersey. The decision was ultimately put in the hands of the Bureau of Prisons.

PEOPLE reached out to Combs' attorneys for comment.

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MDC, which houses 1,600 inmates — many of whom are awaiting trial — is known for being dangerous and understaffed, with a high number of deaths and suicides. In their motion for Combs to be granted bail, his attorneys wrote that “several courts in this District have recognized that the conditions at Metropolitan Detention Center are not fit for pre-trial detention," perThe Daily Beast.

In the indictment against Combs, he was accused of forcing victims to have"freak offs,“which prosecutors describe as “elaborate and produced sex performances.”

Another conference hearing for Diddy is set for Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 10 a.m.

source: people.com