Diddy Sharing A Cell With World’s Biggest Cryptocurrency Fraud

If you’re not up to speed, Bankman-Fried created both the crypto exchange FTX and the crypto trading firm Alameda Research, and he was subsequently convicted in March 2024 of defrauding his investors for $1.7 billion and his lenders for $1.3 billion. He was sentenced to 25 years for his crimes, but he requested to stay in the Metropolitan Detention Center while his lawyers worked on his appeal. The appeal to overturn his conviction was filed just last month, and while Bankman-Fried continues to cool his heels in the MDC, he now has Diddy as a very unexpected roommate.

Recently, Diddy was arrested on charges of federal racketeering conspiracy and, most alarmingly, sex trafficking. What made this high-profile arrest even more shocking to many was the indictment’s claim that Diddy used his vast array of wealth and influence to conduct crimes centered around “his own sexual gratification,” which has led to revelations about his alleged “freak-off” parties.

Some celebrities are already experiencing fallout from this (including Kevin Hart, who was recorded apparently hosting one of these infamous parties), but nobody was expecting Diddy to send up sharing a cell with a very different kind of celeb: Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced crypto king.

Incidentally, Diddy’s haters are likely imagining these two sharing a tiny little jail cell right out of Law & Order, but that’s not truly the case. The two of them share a large dormitory-style cell, one that is quite big enough to accommodate themselves and several others. Because of this arrangement, Diddy is sharing a cell with quite a few people, and the fact that one of them ended up being Sam Bankman-Fried is just some weird luck of the draw.

Diddy has been far less lucky, though, in his attempts to get out of jail as soon as humanly possible. Originally, his attorneys tried to get the beleaguered singer out on bail with an eye-popping deal “that would’ve included a $50 million bond, the passports of his daughters and mothers, the equity of a condo in Florida, and home detention with GPS monitoring.”

However, the judge ultimately denied the musician’s request because he had “very significant concerns” regarding Diddy’s alleged “anger issues,” habitual drug abuse, and alleged witness tampering.

Of course, Diddy tried to appeal this decision, but the new judge upheld the decision to keep the musical mogul in jail. This has left the singer relatively helpless as he watches fans and reporters alike dig into his past and make disturbing discoveries, like Kevin Hart allegedly hosting one of the scandalous freak-off parties.

Before all of this is said and done, it’s a safe bet that even bigger names than Sam Bankman-Fried are going to face controversies that threaten to destroy their careers altogether.

Source: Rolling Stone