One of rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs' longtime friends recently claimed that the rap mogul "woke up with a knife to his throat" after one of his fellow inmates almost attacked him at the Metropolitan Detention Centre. For the uninformed, Diddy has been detained at MDC Brooklyn since his September 2024 arrest, and he currently remains there because the Federal Bureau of Prisons has yet to make a call on where to place him to serve his 50-month sentence following his s*x trafficking trial.Speaking to The Daily Mail on October 22, 2025, Diddy's friend Charlucci Finney claimed the rapper survived a prison attack after a fellow inmate held a knife to his throat while he was sleeping. Finley posited that the attack was more of an intimidation strategy than an attempt on his life, adding that he was unclear how Diddy diffused the situation.“I don’t know whether he fought him off or the guards came, I just know that it happened,” he said.Finney continued:“If this guy had wanted to harm him, Sean would have been harmed. It would only take a second to cut his throat with a weapon and kill him. It was probably a way to say: ‘Next time you ain’t gonna be so lucky.’ Everything is intimidation. But with Sean it won’t work. Sean is from Harlem.”TMZ also corroborated the details surrounding the alleged attack in a recent article. Meanwhile, Brian Steel, one of Diddy's defense attorneys, mentioned that an inmate had allegedly approached Diddy with a makeshift shank during the rapper's sentencing hearing on October 3. It is unclear whether the two accounts refer to the same incident or two different incidents.Inner City Press @innercitypressLINKCombs' Steel: I have been there when Sean has prayed for healing for anyone he has heard. It is now 12 months and 17 days in MDC. There are certain people who gain prestige if they hurt him. The guard stopped a man with a shank. He eats out of bags: chipsCharlucci Finney also offered an insight into Diddy's demeanor while in prison, calling his friend "unbreakable," and adding that he rarely opens up to avoid worrying his family. However, Finney implied that the rapper was having a hard time in prison, suggesting that the nature of his charges made him more vulnerable to threats.“Sean has kept a lot of this stuff to himself because he doesn’t want to worry his family. But if you’re in jail and you’ve been charged with anything s*xual it’s not a good place to be.”White House denied rumors of a presidential pardon for Diddy as the rapper filed for an appealOn October 3, Judge Arun Subramanian sentenced Diddy to 50 months in prison, a $500,000 fine, and five-year probation, stating that he "irreparably harmed two women" and abused them “physically, emotionally and psychologically." The two women in question are Combs' former girlfriends, Cassie Ventura and another anonymous woman referred to as Jane, who testified against the rapper during the trial. According to CNN, the judge also added that “a substantial sentence must be given to send a message to abusers and victims alike that abuse against women is met with real accountability.” For the uninformed, Combs was convicted of two counts of "transportation to engage in prostitution" in July, while being acquitted of s*x trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.Patrick Bet-David @patrickbetdavidLINKBREAKING!Diddy sentenced to more than 4 years in prison.He begged the judge for “another chance” and vowed that he was a changed man.Judge told Diddy “You abused them, physically, emotionally and psychologically,”He got lucky they didn’t get him on Rico charge.On October 20, 2025, Sean "Diddy" Combs' legal team filed a notice of appeal to alert the US federal court of their decision to appeal both the rapper's conviction and his 50-month sentence. That same day, TMZ published a report claiming that President Donald Trump was "vacillating" on commuting Combs' sentence, citing a high-ranking White House official as the source.However, on October 21, a White House official pushed back on these claims, denying the report and calling it "fake news" in a statement to NBC News."There is zero truth to the TMZ report, which we would’ve gladly explained had they reached out before running their fake news. The President, not anonymous sources, is the final decider on pardons and commutations."Meanwhile, TMZ announced that the publication stands by its story, with an update on its original report stating, "We stand by our story. Our story is accurate."Diddy's legal team has requested that the rapper be placed at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey to serve the remainder of his sentence. In a letter to the judge dated October 6, defense attorney Teny Geragos asked that the rapper serve his sentence in the low-security facility "in order to address drug abuse issues and to maximize family visitation and rehabilitative efforts."