Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sentenced to 50 months (or simply over 4 years) in jail following his July 2025 conviction on two counts of transporting people to interact in prostitution.
Federal prosecutors had sought an 11-year prison sentence, citing Combs’ “many years of abuse” and “unchecked violence.” In a courtroom submitting, they included a letter from Combs’ ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, who urged Decide Arun Subramanian to reject the protection group’s claims that Diddy is a “modified man.”
Combs’ protection group had really helpful a 14-month sentence, which might have allowed for his quick launch based mostly on time served.
Addressing the courtroom previous to sentencing (through the New York Times), Combs known as his conduct “disgusting, shameful and sick.” He additionally apologized to Enterprise and the opposite girls “Jane” whose allegations had been the premise for the case.
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“Due to my selections, I misplaced my freedom, I misplaced the chance to successfully increase my youngsters and be there for my mom,” Combs added. “I misplaced all my companies, I misplaced my profession, I completely destroyed my popularity.”
In deciding on Combs’ sentence, Decide Subramanian mentioned a considerable penalty was required “to ship a message to abusers and victims alike that exploitation and violence in opposition to girls is met with actual accountability.” Along with Combs’ 50-month jail sentence, Decide Subramanian imposed a high quality of $500,000 and 5 years of supervised launched. Primarily based on time already served, and the potential for day without work for good habits, Combs may function little as two and a half extra years in jail, in keeping with the New York Occasions.
The sentencing got here simply days after Decide Subramanian denied a protection movement to both overturn the conviction or grant a brand new trial. Within the ruling, he rejected the argument that Combs’ infamous “freak-offs” had been merely pornographic movie shoots protected by the First Modification.
Decide Subramanian additionally rejected the protection’s argument that hiring males for consensual intercourse with Ventura didn’t meet the authorized definition of prostitution. “That definition would cut prostitution nearly out of existence,” he wrote. “It will exclude any scenario through which an individual pays a 3rd occasion (like a brothel) to have intercourse with an worker.”
In September 2024, Combs was arrested and charged with RICO and intercourse trafficking violations. After a contentious seven-week trial this spring, a jury acquitted him of the extra critical racketeering and intercourse trafficking fees however convicted him on two counts of transporting people throughout state traces for the aim of prostitution.
