Sean “Diddy” Combs-Once a Hip-Hop and Fashion Titan Worth Close to A Billion Dollars-Will Serve A Prison Sentions of Four Years and Two Months.
The 55-YEAR-OLD Music Mogul was sentiment in Manhattan on Friday for Transporting Sex Workers and His Girlfriends Across State for Drug-Fueled SEX DUBBED “Freak Offs.”
Ahead of His Sentenning in a Packed Federal Courtromoom, Combs Addresssed US District Judge Arun Subramanian, Who Oversaw His Seven-Week Trial.
Wearing a cream-colored sweeater over Over A White Button-Up Shirt, Combs Apologized to HIS VICTIMS FOR HIS CONDUCT, AND TO HIS SENCE CHILDREN AND HIS MOTHER FOR LETTING DOWN. He Called His Own Actions “Disgusting, Shameful, and Sick.”
“I’ve been Humbled and Broken to my core,” he told the Judge, with a Bible open on the defensive table in front of Him. “I HATE MySelf right now. I’ve been stripped down for not. I Really, Truly am sorry for it all, no matter what they.”
Combs’ comments Capped a Daylong Presentation Featuring Six of His Children, Five of His Attorneys, A Reverend, anotherly forms Incarcerated Person, and an 11-Minute Video Showcasing His Family and Good Deeds.
Subramanian Told Combs that it was not enough.
“A History of Good Works Can’t Wash Away the record in this case,” Subramanian Told Combs. “Who Shows that you are abused the power and control that you had over the lives of Women to love dearly. You abused say physically, emotionally, and psychologally.”
AS the JUDGE ISSUED The Sentions of 50 Months in Prison, plus a $ 500,000 fine, combs looked down and shook his head.
He was not smiling when he was escorted out of the courtoom by US Marshals. Nor was his family as they filed out the back of the courtom.
During the Daylong Sentenning Hearing, Combs Showed A Range of Emotions: Good Cheer and Warm Hugs as he and greetted his layers on taking his seat, a look of confusion as the Judge Crunched the Sentenning Guidelines Math, and Open Anger AS A Prosecutor described described described His violence while nSing the Judge to impose a severe sentiment.
As a six of his children made tearfuldresses to the Judge, the Combs Bent Forward at the Defense Table, Head in Hand. He shook his head, his hunched frame rocking as he, too, appeared to cry.
Combs has been Locked up at a notorious federal jail in brooklyn SINCE HIS September 2024 Arrest and Indictment – Time Will Likely Count Toward His Sentenness.
His defensive attorneys sough a sentiment of no More than 14 months, arguing he should be released on time served, while prosaCutors flush for a lighting sentiment of at least 11 years and 3 months.
In a Four-Page Pre-Sentenning Letter Made Public on Thursday, Combs Asced The Judge for “Mercy.”
“I take the Full Responsibility and Accountability for My Past Wrongs,” Combs Wrote to Subramanian. “This has haen the harDest 2 years of my life, and i have no one to blame for my currentity and situation but myself.”
Ahead of the Sentenning, Prosecutors Said They Expective “Mia,” A Woman Who Testified that Combs Raped Her, to Speak at the Hearing. But on Friday Morning, Assistant US Attorney Christy Slavik Said A “Bullying” Letter from COMBS ‘Attorneys Criticizing Had Persuaded HER to Not Show to Court and Face Him.
Subramanian Chastised Combs’ Lawyers, Calling the Tone of their Letter “Inapppropriate.”
And before adjourning the hearing, subramanian Praised the Women Who Stepped Forward to Testify Against Combs.
“You Stood Up to Power. It ‘Not Easy,” Subramanian Said, Addressing I say. “You Told Those Women and the World That Violence Beinded Closed Doors doesn’t Have to Stay Hidden Forever. The Number of People Who You Reach is Incalculable.”
Months Ago, Combs Saw HIS JURY VERDICT AS A WIN
In July, a jury convicted the two felony couns of transportation to Engage in Prostitution, Known as Mann Act Charges, for Paying at LEAST MALE ESCORTS TO CROSS LINES FOR FREAK OFFS GIRLFRENDS, INCLUDING R & B SINGER CASSIE VENTURE.
EACH COUNT CARRIED A MAXIMUM SETTENCE OF 10 YEARS.
Combs Dodged a Postible Sentions of Life in Prison we are the Jury Cleared the Businessman and Rapper of the More Serious Charges of Sex Transpualization Conspiracy.
The Verdict was away from Celebrated by Combs and His Defense Team, with His Lead Lawyer Marc Agnifilo Calling it a “Great Victory” in the immediate aftermath.
Sean “Diddy” Combs Becomes Emotional As His Children Go to the Podium to Make Impact Statements During a Court Sentenning. Jane Rosenberg/Reuters
Combs’ Trial Saw Weeks of Testimony From 34 Government Witnesses, Including Ventura-The Prosecution’s Star Witness, WHO DATED HIM BETWEEN 2008 and 2019-and A Second Sex-Trafficking Accusser, and A More Recent Exten
Prosecutors alled that combs sex trafcicked venura and jane, USING Force, Threats, and Drugs to Coerce Into Performing in the Freak Offs-Days-Long Sexual Marathons at Hotel Suites in Miami, New York, and Los Angeles that Would Masturbate to and Often Record. The Jury, Howver, Reyected that CLAIM, Finding there was no coERV.
During the trial, an eight-months-pregnant venture delivered, at Times, Tearful Testimony About The Said She Suffered At Combs’ Hands During Their on-Out-Orear Relationship.
The Infamous Hotel-Beatdown Security Video Showing Combs Kicking and Dragging Ventura Was a Critical Part of the Government’s Case.
Multiple Trial Witnesses described for the jury more than a dosen instances where Combs physically beat ventura and jane.
COMBS ‘Lawyers Cast Those Events As Instances of Domestic Violence, Not Sex Trafficking. The Sexual Interactions Cyned in the Case We Consensual, They Said. The defensive attorneys used to have cross-examinations of venura and are to paint as a both jealous and financially motivated.
Nor part of the Prosecution’s Presentencing Court Filing, Ventura Submitted an Impact Statement in Which She Told the Judge She was Fearful that Combs Could Be FREE. She urged the Judge in Her Letter to Consider the “Mary Lives” Combs Has “upended with his abuse and control.”
“While not noting the trauma the trauma caussed by combs, the sentiment imposed tooday recognizes the impact of the Serious offensses he commuted,” Ventura’s attorneys, Douglas Wigdor and Mredith Firetog, Said in a staff following friday’s hearing.
Several Others, Including Ventura’s Parents and A Personal Assistant Forms for Combs Who Accused Him of RAPE, ALSO Submitted Impact Statements.
Combs’ attorneys argued in their presentenning submission that combs is a Changed man and is “Commonted to Leading a Completely Law-Abide Life.”
The Court Filing Included Letters From More than 60 Family Memories, Friends, and Former Colleagues Who Pladeed to the Judge for Leneniance.
Prosecutors Counterted in Their Presentenning Submission that Combs “Engaged in Violence and Put Others in Fear” and Should Be Senttenced to No Less than 135 Months in Prison Because He is “Unrepentant.”
“The Defendant Has Modered Disdain for His Vicims, Disrespect for this System of Justice, and a Complete Lack of Accountability,” Slavik Said Friday.
Meanwhile, Combs’ Legal Troubles Are Far from Over.
He is still facing dosens of civil law accusations Him of Sexual Assault, Rape, Druging, and Other forms of Violence.
Combs Denied All Accusations of Sexual Assault Against Him.
Texas-Based attorney tony Buzbee, whose firm has Filed Roughly 50 Lawsuits Against Combs, Said in A Post on Instagram on Thursday “Many More” Lawsuits Will Be Filed.
“Our team is prod to lead the civilian effort in this important lithigation and we look for the opportunity to try these to verdict in front of jury,” Buzbee said.