Sean “Didi” Combs was sentenced to a little over 4 years of prison, three months after his found guilty two points of prostitution.
Combs received 50 months in prison and a fine of 500,000 US dollars, as possible for his condemnation regarding federal crimes related to prostitution. It will also be held under supervision five years after his stay in prison is canceled.
In his decision, Judge Arun Subramanyan said: “The history of good deeds cannot wash off the record in this case, which shows that you abused the power and control of the life of women whom you said that you love.”
“You weren't John,” he added. “You were more than it, even if your currency satisfied your sexual desires instead of money.”
Subramanan said that a significant proposal is required to “send a message to both rapists and victims, that exploitation and violence against women are met with real responsibility.”
The federal prosecutors asked that the 55 -year -old Combs be sentenced to at least 11 years and three months of prison. The lawyers combed the judge to say him to no more than 14 monthsWhich would lead to his almost imperative allowance, since he had already left for almost 13 months in Brooklyni prison.
During the hearing of the verdict, six Combs’s children gathered around the podium, begging the judge to give his father a second chance.
Kuinsi Brown, 34-year-old son Kim PorterWhich was accepted by the Combs, shared that his father “learned the lesson.” The family saw how he developed, Brown said, and “he is completely transformed.”
“My father is my superhero. To see how he broke, and I will never forget everything, I will never forget, ”said another son, Justin Combs, 31 years old.
The chance of Combs, his eldest daughter, told the judge that although her father was imprisoned, she saw in him changes that “feel real and long.”
“When we say, he speaks with a clear mind and a sense of goal that I had not heard before,” she added.
“I know how hard it was to stand here and tell me these things, but it is important for me to hear,” Sumramanyan told them.
After the emotional series of children's statements, the COMBS legal team presented an 11-minute video in which clips showing the rapper’s charitable efforts, motivational speeches, home videos and scenes of his late partner of the port, who died in 2018Field
Turning to the judge, Combs thanked Subramanian for “giving me the opportunity to finally advocate”, since the former rapper did not testify during his trial.
“One of the most difficult things that I had to cope with is to be silent. I can’t express how sorry I am for my actions, ”the Combs said in his application for the court.
“I personally want to apologize to Cassie Ventura again for any harm or damage that I caused her emotionally or physically,” he added.
Combs called his behavior “disgusting, shameful and sick.”
“From my decisions, I lost freedom, I lost the opportunity to effectively educate my children and be there for my mother,” said Combs. “I lost my entire business, I lost my career, I completely destroyed my reputation.”
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Combs said that he “lost my self -esteem”, and he was “humble and broken for me.”
“I hate myself right now. They didn’t take me off, ”said Combs. “I want to apologize to my seven children. You deserve the best. “
The sentence marks the conclusion of the disgraced trial of the hip-hop magnate in New York, which began on May 5.
IN Letter to Sumramanin In anticipation of his sentencing, Combs declared himself a new person after he realized that he was “broken to my core.”
“Over the past year, there were so many times that I wanted to give up. There were several days, I thought that I would be better. The old I died in prison, and the new version was revived. The prison will change you or kill you – I decided to live, ”he said.
Combs admitted that he had no one who could accuse of my current reality and situation, except for himself. ”
“In my life, I made many mistakes, but I don’t run from them anymore,” he wrote. “I am very sorry that I caused, but I understand that simple words“ sorry ”will never be good enough, since only these words cannot erase the pain from the past.”
He continued to apologize for hitting, hitting and dragging his then girl Kandra “Cassie” Ventura In the Los Angeles Hotel in 2016 there is an attack captured on a security chamber.
“The scene and images attack me on Cassie, playing again and again in my head daily,” writes Combs. “I literally went crazy. I was wrong for putting my hands on the woman I loved. I am sorry for this and I will always. ”
Instead of making him an example with a long proposal, Combs asked Sumramanian to “make me an example of what a person can do if a second chance is given.”
Accusations: What led to the sentence of Combs?
Combs has been behind bars since his arrest in September 2024. He collided Federal accusations for the force of friends In order to have sexual marathons with drugs saturated with drugs, while he watched and shot them.
Combs did not plead guilty. His lawyers claimed that the prosecutors tried to criminalize the swinger lifestyle of Combs and that, in any case, his behavior was dominated by domestic violence, not federal crimes.
In July, Combs was found guilty Of the two points of prostitution, including the transportation of the venture to participate in prostitution. He was also found guilty of transporting Jane's former friend for the same purposes.
Founder Bad Boy Records was justified in July – Rockets and sexual trade. The defense won three excuses after he was found not guilty of managing a criminal enterprise and two points of sexual trade.
In general, 34 witnesses showed that they were entitled to former friends of Combs Ventura and Jane, who testified under the pseudonym. Both women said that he was often cruel to them. Ventura He said that he made her hundreds of sexual meetings With paid sex workers, while Jane told the numerous “nights of the hotel”.
After the verdict was read, Combs's lawyer Mark Agnifilo He asked the court to release Compasses from federal detention now, when he is no longer accused of trading in sexual trade.
COMBS legal team is trying to ensure its freedom
Combs was denied the pledge after the jury condemned him federal crimes related to prostitution in July.
Judge Subramanyan noted the violent story of Combs: “During the trial, the defense recognized the violence of the defendant in his personal relations, saying that this happened to Cassie and Jane.”
Agnifilo asked to release a Combs under a conditional collateral in his house in Miami, and offered a bond of $ 1 million. The prosecutor Mavven Komi objected, telling Subramanin that Combs should remain in prison until the sentence was sentenced.
Later in the same month, Combs lawyers asked the judge Let him go to a bond for $ 50 million How he expected a sentence.
Agnifilo said that the conditions in the metropolitan center of detention in Brooklyn were “dangerous” and said that the accused, convicted in the past, charges related to prostitution, which were similar to the Combs, were usually released before they were sentenced.
He claimed that the court should release COMBS “on reasonable conditions” before the sentence. The lawyer argued that the Combs “is not a risk of flight and is not a danger to the community or for some specific people.”
Agnifilo said that if the Combs was released in the conditions, he “will not be cruel to anyone.”
Combs’s lawyer also added the proposed package on bail for a rapper with conditions, including “Bond of $ 50 million, provided by Mr. Combs in Miami, which will also be signed by three“ financially responsible people ”.
The judge denied the deposit for the Combs for the second time.
His lawyers reported that they even turned to the US President Donald Trump Search for forgiveness after his convictionField
A source close to the legal team of Combs confirmed NBC News that they were in contact with the Trump administration.
This happened after Nicole Westmoreland, a member of the Combs Protection Command, said CNN in an exclusive interview That the team of the musical tycoon turned to Trump for potential forgiveness.
In early August Trump Said Newsmax That Combs’s lawyers “talked to me about the show”, but said that they would hardly forgive the musical tycoon.
“I was very friendly with him, I got along well with him, and he seemed a good guy. I did not know him well. But when I ran for the position, he was very hostile, ”Trump said.
When Trump was asked if the provision of Combs Clemency was most likely “no”, he said: “I would say so.”
Last month, Combs lawyers called on the judge to sentenced him to no more than 14 months of prison For his belief. IN Written representationThe legal team of Combs said that he was already punished.
They said that their client – “a man changed”, who realized that his excessive use of drugs contributed to the violent actions in which he participated.
What is next for combs?
Combs was denied justification, and on Tuesday in the new trial, the judge rejected the argument of his lawyers that he was an amateur pornograph who did not participate in prostitution, and that the conviction violates his first amendment.
“The government has proven its case many times. 16-page opinion and orderField
“Illegal activity cannot be washed into constitutionally protected activities.”
He called the filming of Combs “random”, pointing to judicial evidence that showed that he usually did not give notice or did not ask for consent to filming, as the film producer would do.
– With files from Associated Press
