Ex-mobster: Diddy will have friends behind bars

(NewsNation) — Former mobster Michael Franzese believes Sean "Diddy" Combs volition person "more friends than enemies" successful prison.

Franzese, an ex-capo successful the Colombo transgression family, joined "Banfield" to sermon the 50-month situation condemnation handed down to Combs by a national justice Friday.

It comes 3 months aft Comes was convicted on a brace of prostitution-related charges but escaped RICO charges that could person enactment him down bars for life. His lawyers accidental they volition entreaty Friday's sentence.

"Obviously, he's disappointed, though helium truly shouldn't be," Franzese said of Diddy, who has been successful a New York City jailhouse for the past 13 months.

"I deliberation helium did precise good with respect to each of the play and each of the condition astir this trial. There was a batch of atrocious worldly retired there, and I'm not saying I'm not passing judgement connected that, but it conscionable looked truly bad, and helium could person gotten up to 10 years oregon 11 years."

According to the Federal Defenders of New York, appeals mostly instrumentality astir a year. Franzese believes Combs volition not reside successful a situation campy owed to his precocious profile, but volition person a much comfy clip down bars than others.

"My feeling is he'll get into astatine slightest a mean [security prison], due to the fact that he's truthful precocious profile," Franzese said.

"In a mean security, normally, nobody's looking to shank you. When you get into the higher institutions, erstwhile radical are doing, a ton of time, and there's nary mode you tin payment them, past you got a small much problem," helium added.

Given Combs' wealthiness and anticipation of a mean information prison, Franzese contends helium volition not "have an isue astatine all.

"He tin beryllium excessively overmuch of a payment to inmates that are ever looking for something, and helium could beryllium a aureate summons for immoderate people, astatine slightest successful their mind."