Sean “Diddy” Combs has officially lost any claim to the phones, laptops, hard drives and other devices federal agents seized from his properties back in March 2024. A federal judge signed a final forfeiture order this week, permanently vesting title to the property in the United States government, with no third party ever stepping forward to contest it.
U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, who presided over Combs's criminal trial and later sentenced him, signed the order on Tuesday, according to XXL Mag. The order caps a process that began when federal prosecutors publicly posted notice of the preliminary forfeiture for 30 straight days, from October 15 through November 13, 2025, giving anyone with a legal claim to the property a chance to come forward, as detailed by Urban Hollywood 411. No petitions challenging the government's claim were filed before that deadline expired, according to RadarOnline, which reported on the exclusive court filing.
What Was Actually Seized
The scope of the seizure, per court documents cited by RadarOnline, is substantial: roughly 28 iPhones, 10 MacBooks, 17 iPads, and 14 hard drives and SSDs, along with numerous flash drives, desktop computers and surveillance equipment. In total, investigators seized more than 90 pieces of property from Combs's residences. Also swept up in the raids was $9,000 in cash recovered from the Park Hyatt hotel in New York following Combs's arrest there.
Among the seized items were Sony DVCAM video cassette tapes labeled “Ibiza Tapes,” though the forfeiture filing did not describe their contents and identified no specific recordings connected to them, the outlet reported. Property was recovered from four locations tied to Combs: his Los Angeles estate, his Star Island mansion in Miami Beach, the Park Hyatt hotel in New York, and Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport. A Homeland Security special agent said the searches conducted in March 2024 were not random, according to the same filing.
The unexplained tapes echo testimony that loomed over Combs's trial. During testimony in May 2025, key prosecution witness Cassie Ventura testified that Combs routinely recorded explicit sexual encounters and used threats of releasing that footage to control participants, as reported by Complex. Ventura testified she feared recordings from alleged “freak offs” could eventually be released, and RadarOnline's report notes Combs frequently recorded some of those alleged encounters, per trial testimony.
Now In Federal Hands
With the order in place, federal authorities may retain, dispose of or sell the forfeited items in accordance with federal regulations. The August order specifically grants U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorization to maintain custody and legally dispose of or sell the 92 seized items, per Urban Hollywood 411's report. Complex had previously noted that CBP maintained secure custody of the property throughout the trial.
The forfeiture stems from Combs's underlying criminal case. In July 2025, a Manhattan federal jury found Combs guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution under the Mann Act, while acquitting him of sex trafficking by force and racketeering conspiracy, as detailed by The 19th News. Judge Subramanian sentenced Combs that October to 50 months in federal prison, a $500,000 fine and five years of supervised release — well short of the 11-year term prosecutors had sought.
Prison Timeline Keeps Shifting
Combs is currently serving that sentence at FCI Fort Dix, a low-security New Jersey facility located on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Federal Bureau of Prisons records show his defense team requested the site specifically so he could participate in a drug abuse treatment program, according to CBS News.
His projected release date has moved more than once. In July, the Bureau of Prisons adjusted his projected release to February 20, 2028, following a prison yard fight at Fort Dix that resulted in his temporary placement in solitary confinement, per XXL Mag's reporting. His release date had previously shifted due to administrative rule compliance issues as well.
The forfeiture order does not affect Combs's custody status. His legal team, meanwhile, is still fighting the underlying sentence: in March, defense attorneys asked the Second Circuit to grant immediate release or resentencing, arguing the 50-month term improperly relied on acquitted conduct and citing a 2024 amendment to federal sentencing guidelines.
Combs's real estate holdings remain tangled in litigation of their own. In June, a prospective buyer sued in Miami court to compel the $55 million sale of his Star Island estate — one of the very properties raided in March 2024 — alleging the seller had failed to clear existing mortgages on it.
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