Diddy Sentenced To 50 Months In Prison, Fined $500k Over Prostitution Charges

Embattled US euphony mogul, Sean “Diddy” Combs, has been sentenced to 50 months successful national situation for 2 counts of proscription to prosecute successful prostitution, marking 1 of the astir high-profile transgression convictions of a personage successful caller years.

The condemnation was handed down connected Friday by US District Judge Arun Subramanian, who besides imposed a $500,000 fine, the maximum allowable, against Combs.

Prosecutors had argued for a acold longer situation word of much than 11 years, portion Combs’ attorneys urged leniency and asked for a condemnation of nary much than 14 months, including clip served.

Subramanian, however, said the punishment needed to bespeak the seriousness of the crimes and “send a connection to abusers and victims alike that maltreatment against women is met with existent accountability.

“This is simply a superior condemnation that reflects the gravity of your crimes and conduct.”

“You had the powerfulness and the resources to support it going. And due to the fact that you weren’t caught, this behaviour occurred for implicit a decade.”

The justice straight referenced grounds and grounds presented astatine trial, including texts, emails, and images documenting Combs’ maltreatment of the women helium professed to love.

This included a wide circulated video of Combs’ battle of vocalist Cassie Ventura astatine an Intercontinental Hotel successful 2024.

“We saw the video of your savage beating of Ms. Ventura,” Subramanian said.

“This was subjugation, and it drove some Ms. Ventura and Jane to thoughts of ending their lives. That is the world of what happened.”

The justice further stated that Combs “irreparably harmed” 2 women, adding that his behaviour occurred “physically, emotionally and psychologically” with “tremendous frequency” implicit the years.

In a melodramatic last-minute move, Combs’ ineligible squad released a documentary-style video earlier sentencing, highlighting his philanthropy, household beingness and nationalist persona.

The video was accompanied by a missive from Combs himself — a stark opposition to his defense’s accordant claims of innocence and accusations that the authorities had unfairly targeted him.

When fixed the accidental to speak, Combs apologi#ed successful court, calling his actions “disgusting, shameful and sick.”

He besides addressed victims directly, including “all the victims of home violence.”

But Subramanian questioned the sincerity of Combs’ remorse, noting that helium continued to battle 1 of his victims adjacent aft authorities executed hunt warrants and helium had publically apologi#ed connected Instagram.

The justice acknowledged that the condemnation represents “hard time” distant from Combs’ household but said determination is “a airy astatine the extremity of the tunnel.”

“These letters, each those letters that I saw, amusement that you person a beingness of radical who emotion you,” Subramanian said.

“Let them assistance you up now, conscionable similar you’ve lifted them up for truthful galore years.”

Combs’ lawyers are wide expected to entreaty the condemnation and sentencing.

CNN ineligible expert Laura Coates noted that each connection of Subramanian’s ruling was being cautiously recorded, fixed the likelihood of an appellate challenge.

Despite being acquitted of much superior enactment trafficking and racketeering charges, which could person carried a beingness sentence, Combs’ condemnation and sentencing marked a historical autumn from grace for 1 of the euphony industry’s astir influential figures.

Subramanian said outpatient attraction and intelligence wellness programmes would besides beryllium ordered for Combs during and aft his situation term.