Diddy’s Lawyer Reveals What He Plans to Do Once He Gets Out of Jail

Sean “Diddy” Combs remains behind bars for the foreseeable future, but he’s already thinking about what he wants to do after his eventual release.

“What he wants to do when he gets out is to start small,” Diddy’s lawyer Marc Agnifilo told Variety in an interview published Friday, August 1. “He wants to spend time with his children and get reacquainted with his own life.”

Agnifilo noted that Diddy, 55, hasn’t been able to go outside since he entered Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center following his September 2024 arrest, so he’s looking forward to being outdoors again.

“He hasn’t had sun on his skin. It’s sort of like sensory deprivation,” Agnifilo explained. “The light’s always the same, it’s artificial light, there’s no breeze, there’s no wind, there’s very little change in temperature. So, he wants to get out and be with his family.”

Diddy was arrested last year and charged with racketeering conspiracy, transportation to engage in prostitution and sex trafficking. He pleaded not guilty and denied all the allegations against him. On July 2, a jury found him guilty on two counts of transportation but acquitted him of the other charges.

After the verdict, his lawyers asked again for him to be released on bail ahead of his October 3 sentencing, but Judge Arun Subramanian denied his request. They filed another motion this week asking for him to be released on $50 million bail.

Diddy faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison minus time already served, though several experts have said he’s unlikely to receive such a lengthy term.

According to Agnifilo, the disgraced mogul isn’t yet considering the idea of making music again after his release.

“I think those things are way down the road,” the attorney explained. “He’s a man who made something out of nothing once, when he was a much younger man. And this situation gives him the chance to make something special out of his life. One of the things he tells me — and this is his exact phrase — is: ‘I have more to give.’ I don’t think he’s looking at life selfishly. He looks at life as a gift he’s been given, and he wants to live it to the fullest.”

Agnifilo also said he felt his client received a fair trial, despite the defense’s request earlier this week for a full acquittal or a new trial.

“I think Judge Subramanian is a very fair judge, and he worked remarkably hard to give us as fair a trial as possible. This trial wasn’t perfect, because none is,” he told Variety. “But the judge did an outstanding job in being thoughtful, being careful, giving a lot of time to the parties. I can’t say enough good things about our judge. He’s a terrific person. And while no trial is perfect, just like no lawyer is perfect, I thought this one was pretty close.”

As for the possibility that President Donald Trump is considering pardoning Diddy, Agnifilo said he doesn’t know whether it could happen.

“I am not involved in that in the least. I have literally no idea,” he claimed. “There are times I think there’s nothing to it, and there are times I think it’s just rumor mill stuff. But, I do not purport to know the president’s mind. I really don’t know.”

When asked whether a pardon is “an official part of this legal strategy,” Agnifilo said it’s not.

“My end of the business is very focused on the case alone — the merit of the case and what happened in the courtroom,” he explained. “I don’t do anything else.”

Deadline reported earlier this week that Trump, 79, is “seriously considering” pardoning Diddy, citing an administration source.

Us Weekly understands that the White House does not comment on potential pardons. Diddy’s representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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