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Convicted rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has pleaded with the justice handling his transgression proceedings to amusement mercy up of his sentencing connected Friday, blaming his past behaviour connected cause addiction and claiming helium has turned his beingness around.
In a four-page missive submitted connected Thursday, conscionable hours earlier his sentencing proceeding scheduled for 10:00 ET (15:00 GMT), Combs apologised “for each of the wounded and symptom that I person caused” and said helium has been reformed aft spending 13 months successful a Brooklyn jail.
In July, the 54-year-old was recovered blameworthy of 2 prostitution charges and present faces up to 20 years successful prison.
Prosecutors are pressing for astatine slightest 11 years, portion his defence squad has urged the tribunal to merchandise him aboriginal this month.
Writing to Judge Arun Subramanian, Combs expressed remorse for his convulsive past, including an battle connected his erstwhile girlfriend, vocalist Cassie Ventura.
“I virtually mislaid my mind,” helium admitted. “I’m atrocious for that and ever volition be. My home unit volition ever beryllium a dense load that I volition person to everlastingly carry.”
He besides apologised to different woman, known successful tribunal arsenic “Jane,” who testified against him during the trial, saying helium had go “lost successful the drugs and the excess.”
“I mislaid my way,” Combs wrote. “My downfall was rooted successful my selfishness. I person been humbled and breached to my core.”
But his accusers person besides written to the judge, urging a lengthy condemnation and expressing fears of retaliation if helium is released. Ventura said she is “so frightened that if helium walks free, his archetypal actions volition beryllium swift retribution towards maine and others who spoke up.” She added: “He has nary involvement successful changing oregon becoming better. He volition ever beryllium the aforesaid cruel, power-hungry, manipulative antheral that helium is.”
Combs argued successful his missive that helium has changed, describing however helium present teaches chap inmates astir concern and is sober “for the archetypal clip successful 25 years.”
“The aged maine died successful jailhouse and caller mentation of maine was reborn,” helium wrote.
He asked Judge Subramanian for leniency “not lone for my sake, but for the involvement of my children,” noting his 7 kids and his 84-year-old parent who precocious underwent encephalon surgery.
He urged the tribunal to spot him arsenic “an illustration of what a idiosyncratic tin bash if afforded a 2nd chance.”
Combs is besides expected to talk straight successful tribunal earlier sentencing.
His lawyers program to marque their lawsuit and contiguous a 15-minute video, though its contents stay undisclosed.
In July, a assemblage acquitted him of the astir superior charges: racketeering and enactment trafficking — which could person enactment him successful situation for life.
Still, prosecutors support helium is “unrepentant,” penning successful a September filing: “The suspect tries to recast decades of maltreatment arsenic simply the relation of mutually toxic relationships. But determination is thing communal astir a narration wherever 1 idiosyncratic holds each the powerfulness and the different ends up bloodied and bruised.”
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