Sean “Diddy” Combs It doesn't bother her Luigi Mangione Join him behind bars in New York City.
Multiple outlets reported on Tuesday, January 7, that Diddy, 55, was upset by the attention Mangione, 26, was receiving from him inside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
However, a source close to Diddy denied the idea that he was jealous of Mangione. The insider said exclusively: “This story is completely fabricated, and there is no truth to it.” Us Weekly.
Mangione, who is he? Accused of murder CEO of UnitedHealthcare Brian Thompsonarrived in New York from Pennsylvania in December 2024 to stand trial on federal murder charges. (Mangione has pleaded not guilty to several murder charges, including murder as an act of terrorism.)
Mangione is now in the same prison as Didi Since his arrest In September 2024 on sex trafficking and racketeering charges. (He has denied the accusations and has pleaded not guilty to the charges.)
Didi was previously reported to be in the same apartment unit as the convicted cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman Fried. Convicted sex offenders R. Kelly and Ghislaine Maxwell And leader of the NXIVM sex cult Keith Raniere I also spent time in the Metropolitan Detention Center.
Besides residing in the same prison, Didi and Maggioni also share another connection – their lawyers. News broke in December 2024 that Mangione was being hired Karen Friedman Agnifilo To represent it. The lawyer is married to Mark Agnifilowho is involved in the Didi case.
A spokesperson for Friedman Agnifilo's firm, Agnifilo Intrater LLP, confirmed we She was retained to represent Mangione in New York. Friedman Agnifilo “will not be making any statements at this time,” the spokesman said. we at that time.
Since Diddy entered the extremely dangerous prison, Agnifilo has expressed concerns about his client's safety.
“The food is inedible, from what I've been told,” Agnifilo said in a September 2024 interview after Diddy was denied bail, adding: “It's violent. Someone like Mr. Combs could be a target for certain things. We can't “We allow this to happen.” (The judge denied Didi’s bail in four separate appeals.)
while ShUnaware of the conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center, many former prisoners spoke of their experiences in October 2024 cover story.
“It's a terrible, terrible place,” one prisoner who spent three months in prison in 2019 told us. “There is no air movement, and the food is bad.”
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