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Why Diddy looks 'unrecognisable' and keeps turning up to court wearing a jumper

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Updated 20:59 10 Jun 2025 GMT+1Published 20:52 10 Jun 2025 GMT+1

Why Diddy looks 'unrecognisable' and keeps turning up to court wearing a jumper

The disgraced rapper has been allowed to wear his own clothes in court, instead of a prison jumpsuit

Joe Harker

Joe Harker

A fashion expert has said that Sean 'Diddy' Combs wearing a jumper in court is an important part of his defence at his trial.

While some people facing trial wear a prison jumpsuit in court, Combs has been granted permission to wear ordinary clothes.

According to E!, he is allowed five shirts, five pairs of pants, five pairs of socks, five jumpers and two pairs of shoes that he can wear to court.

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Many people standing trial are granted permission to wear some of their own clothes in order not to influence a jury's verdict, as there are concerns that seeing a defendant in a prison jumpsuit might affect their perception.

While cameras are not allowed inside the courtroom, there are sketch artists at work who have provided Reuters with an archive of images depicting what is going on in there, including Combs' current appearance.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs looks very different these days, he can't get hair dye in jail (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Sean Combs)
Sean 'Diddy' Combs looks very different these days, he can't get hair dye in jail (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Sean Combs)

Diddy's new appearance

The court sketch artist shows that Diddy's hair looks significantly more grey as he's not been permitted access to hair dye while in jail, and has often been depicted wearing a shirt and jumper combination that looks very different to the outfits he was normally seen wearing in public.

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The Independent's correspondent went as far to describe him as 'unrecognisable'.

The Washington Post reports that the sketch artists are a trio of women who count Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein, Woody Allen, R. Kelly and Ghislaine Maxwell among those they've depicted over the years.

They've said that Combs has a 'tricky face' to draw as it 'doesn’t have a lot of definition', but he does have 'very expressive' eyebrows.

Diddy himself is apparently not best pleased about these new sketches, as Law&Crime Network says he thinks they make him look like 'a koala'.

Diddy is allowed to wear some of his own clothes in court, and sketches show he's choosing to don a sweater (Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo)
Diddy is allowed to wear some of his own clothes in court, and sketches show he's choosing to don a sweater (Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo)

The significance of a jumper

In the sketches, Diddy is shown wearing a jumper and the chief fashion critic of the New York Times has said she thinks there's something important in that.

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Vanessa Friedman explained that Diddy in court 'does not look anything like the Sean Combs whose behaviour is on trial', detailing something termed 'the nerd defense'.

It's a phrase made up by lawyer Harvey Slovis, who represented Diddy back when he was on trial for gun charges in 1999, and Friedman explained that putting a client in glasses made them look smarter and less threatening to a jury.

She suggested that Diddy's team was now using 'the sweater defense' to portray a certain image of him to the jury that would make him look very different to the rapper who is accused of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.

Diddy denies the charges against him, but if convicted, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars.

The court has seen images of things police officers have seized from his properties, heard claims about what the freak offs were like and listened to former partners of Diddy describe his behaviour towards them.

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While the jury hears these things about Combs, Friedman suggests 'the sweaters offer their own kind of testimony' on his behalf.

Appearances can matter in a courtroom, and Diddy's defence team will want to make sure he comes across in a certain way (Hollywood To You/Star Max/GC Images)
Appearances can matter in a courtroom, and Diddy's defence team will want to make sure he comes across in a certain way (Hollywood To You/Star Max/GC Images)

When could Diddy's trial end?

US District Judge Arun Subramanian told jurors the trial could last around eight weeks, and it began on 12 May.

We are now in the fifth week of the trial having heard testimony from a number of witnesses, ultimately much will depend on the jury and how long they take with their deliberations

Featured Image Credit: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo

Topics: Diddy, US News, Crime, Fashion

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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