Diddy’s Former Bodyguard Gene Deal Says Mogul Will Face Grim Fate in Prison

Diddy at a red carpet event and Gene Deal on "The Art of Dialogue" YouTube channel.Photo byShutterstock and YouTube

As Sean “Diddy” Combs sits in a federal detention center awaiting trial on trafficking charges, his former bodyguard Gene Deal has issued a dire warning about the hip-hop mogul.

Combs was arrested at a New York City hotel on Sept. 16. He has since been charged with three felony counts and faces life in prison.

But Deal contends the mogul will struggle in a prison cell after living the high life in mansions and flying on private jets.

"It takes a certain individual to prepare himself to do a lot of years in jail. From the lifestyle that he had, I'm not saying that he can't, I just don't see him able to do time behind bars," Deal told the Art of Dialogue YouTube channel in an interview posted on Sept. 22.

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Deal, a retired New York state parole officer, added that he believes Combs would have an easier time coping in a miminum security prison or so-called “club fed” facility.

Although the chances of that are slim.

Still, Deal warns a tougher prison would be devastating for Diddy.

“If he had to go behind those bars for a lot of years, I think he may just [take his life]," Deal said.

Diddy's two requests for bail were denied last week by separate federal judges, even after his lawyers said he would put up a $50 million bond.

The mogul is scheduled to return to court for a conference hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 24.

Watch the interview with Gene Deal below: