Exclusive | Sean Diddy Combs taken from lock-up to hospital for MRI: sources

Sean “Diddy” Combs was moved from a Brooklyn federal lock-up where he’s being held on sex charges to a hospital Thursday night to receive an MRI, a law enforcement source said.The 54-year-old rap kingpin was taken from the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center to Brooklyn Hospital around 10 p.m., the source said.It wasn’t immediately known why he was taken to the hospital at night but the source wondered if the musician had been involved in a prison fight or had some other emergency.However, a second source clarifies that Combs was not involved in any altercation but was instead taken to seek medical assistance because his “knee was bothering him,” citing the rapper’s long history of knee issues after he ran the New York marathon.The insider adds that the hospital visit was done late at night in order to avoid whispers and further speculation from other inmates or prison staffers.We’re also told Combs did not stay overnight and was taken back to his cell after the MRI concluded.A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson told The Post, “For privacy, safety, and security reasons we do not comment on the conditions of confinement for anyone in our custody to include medical status or medical trips.”Our law enforcement source said they were given a heads up about what occurred “just in case it was leaked and they would have chaos.” The source said someone “might want to free him.”Reps and attorneys for Combs could not immediately be reached for comment.The music mogul has been held at MDC since he was denied bail on Dec.

3 and is awaiting trial on sex trafficking, racketeering and prostitution charges. Combs was accused of abusing several women and leading Bad Boy Records as a “criminal enterprise” for more than a decade.Combs forced his lovers into the “Freak-Offs,” days-long sexual “performances” where the women had sex with male escorts while he watched and masturbated, according to court papers. He would secretly film the encounte...