Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former cellmate, Raymond Castillo, has opened up about an incident in which he claims he saved the rapper from an inmate armed with a handmade knife at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center.
According to Castillo, the confrontation began when another inmate demanded the chair Diddy was sitting on while watching Basketball Wives. “Diddy told the guy, ‘Why are you worried about this chair? It doesn’t belong to anyone,’” Castillo said.
Moments later, the inmate returned with a shiv, prompting Castillo to intervene. “I jumped in between them and grabbed the guy’s hand,” he recalled. He dismissed earlier reports that Diddy had woken up to a knife at his throat as “false rumors.”
Despite the threat, Castillo said Diddy remained calm. “He looked him straight in the eyes and spoke positively to him. He told the guy, ‘Maybe you need to pray or something.’”
When prison guards arrived, Diddy reportedly protected his attacker, telling officers “nothing was going on.” The inmate was later moved to another unit.
Diddy, 55, was transferred last Friday to FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey, a low-security federal prison, after spending 13 months at the Brooklyn facility. He is serving a 50-month sentence following his 2024 conviction for transportation for prostitution, though he was acquitted of sex-trafficking and racketeering charges. His earliest release date is May 8, 2028.
While behind bars, Diddy launched a six-week course called Free Game with Diddy, aimed at teaching inmates entrepreneurship and self-development. Castillo, who became his teaching assistant, praised him for inspiring other prisoners.
“Diddy did something no one else has done—he used his platform to empower us,” Castillo said. “We got to know the real Sean Combs, not the icon, but a human being, a father, and a God-fearing man.”
A representative for Diddy confirmed that he taught the program twice and hopes to continue at his new facility.
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