Sebastian Telfair opened up about his time locked up with Sean “Diddy” Combs at FCI Fort Dix, revealing how the music mogul stays strong behind bars.
The former NBA player was just released from the same New Jersey prison where Diddy is serving his 50-month sentence. Telfair told TMZ that Diddy is “holding it down” and “doing what he gotta do” during his time at the federal facility. Telfair knows prison life firsthand. He was locked up for violating his supervised release in connection with a healthcare fraud case.
The 40-year-old was part of an NBA healthcare fraud scheme that bilked the league’s Players Health and Welfare Benefit Plan out of $4 million. Telfair personally took $358,000 through fake claims before getting caught in 2021. He got sentenced to probation in 2024 but failed to complete the court-ordered community service. That violation landed him back behind bars for six months at Fort Dix. The two celebrities made headlines earlier this year when photos leaked showing them together in prison.
TMZ obtained pictures in November showing Diddy smiling and laughing with Telfair and other inmates.