Why 'skinny' Diddy has lost so much weight in jail as his lonely Christmas plans are revealed

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is facing a 'bleak' Christmas in a Brooklyn jail and allegedly continues to refuse meals while in lock up as he waits for his criminal trial. 

In the latest episode of DailyMail.com's podcast 'The Trial of Diddy', prison expert Larry Levine said the 55-year-old music producer continues to refuse meals, according to sources inside the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York — which is notoriously known for inmate fights and deaths.

Levine — who is the director and founder of Wall Street Prison Consultants and has previously spent a decade in the prison system himself — said Combs could be refusing meals because of continued paranoia over his safety.

'When he first got there, this is kind of normal because you're going through this transition and you're depressed,' Levine said. 

'You don't know what's going to happen. Remember Diddy's got sh—t on a lot of people.

'He does get a lot of people in trouble. People want to kill him. 

Speaking on the podcast, he continued, 'So what if somebody on the outside knew someone that had a relative that worked in the prison and they put something in his food?

'A little bit at a time, then he gets poisoned, whatever it is, and it's early checkout for Mr. Puff Daddy. They kill him. That's another reason, another theory as to why he wasn't eating. He was afraid the food was poisoned or contaminated.'

In his recent court appearance on Wednesday, Combs was described in reports as being 'astonishingly thinner' and 'grayer' after spending the last three months behind bars.

While cameras were not allowed in the federal court, Law and Crime reporter Elizabeth Millnew described Combs looked starkly different from how he appeared in a video playing hacky sack in Central Park just days before he was arrested on September 16. 

A source close to the jailed Bad Boy Records founder told to Page Six that Combs is 'fit, healthy and fully focused on his defense'.

They added: 'He has been very active, remains in good spirits, and, as always, he was happy to see his children.'

Diddy was arrested and indicted for sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.

The charge, which details allegations dating back to 2008, accuses him of abusing, threatening and coercing women for years 'to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.'

The Bad Boy mogul has denied the charges. 

Levine told The Trial of Diddy podcast that Christmas for Combs will be a very lonely one in 'the SHU', or Special Housing Unit. 

Levine said inmates normally receive a 'Christmas or holiday sack' that includes goodies such as cookies, potato chips and candy. Over the years, however, the goodie bag has become smaller.

Levine said if Combs remains in the SHU, the music producer will only get what's available to him from the MDC commissary list.

'It's plastic and it's almost like a big pillow and over the years it has shrunk,' Levine said of the holiday prison bag.

'It's a bunch of crap that probably was purchased because it was out of date because the prison system sells you out of date stuff. And they're trying to act like they're doing the inmates a favor. 

'I'm sure they'll give him something, but other than this mediocre holiday bag, there's not much more he's going to get.'

Levine said since court cases tend to slow down during the holidays and inmates are not being transported back and forth to court from MDC, many just end up sitting in their tiny cells often depressed and angry.

'Prosecutors are on vacation,' Levine said. 'Judges are on vacation. Your lawyer, they're spending time with their families. They don't want to talk to you anyway. So you're just sitting there isolated and in a regular institution on a holiday.'

Levine added while some inmates might get a visit from family, it could end up causing more tension. 

'There are so many people that are coming in to get a visit that they have to limit the amount of time in the visiting room,' the prison expert said.

'So that two hour visit you might've normally got, it may only be 30 minutes long. 

'This creates a lot of tension among the inmates where I've seen more fights break out during the holidays between inmates than any other time. 

'And I'm talking based on my 10 years of experience at 11 different places — holidays are the worst!'

To listen to the interview in full, search for The Trial of Diddy wherever you get your podcasts now.