Diddy Sentenced to 50 Months in Prison
Oct. 3 (UPI) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced Sean “Diddy” Combs to 50 months in prison on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution after the rapper, record producer and entrepreneur apologized for his actions.
U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian in Manhattan,N.Y., issued his sentence, which he described as “hard time” away from his family, after Combs, 55, was convicted of the two prostitution charges on july 2 by a jury that also acquitted him of more serious charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.
Subramanian also imposed a $500,000 fine on Combs, which is the maximum he could order.combs has an estimated $400 million net worth.
“There is a light at the end of the tunnel,” the judge said.”These letters, all those letters that I saw, show that you have a universe of people who love you. Let them lift you up now, just like you’ve lifted them up for so many years.”
He also noted Combs, a self-made artist and businessman, “inspired and lifted up communities.”
The conviction and sentence can be appealed.
“Every single thing the judge says, from the minutia of his rulings to the grand statements about credibility, will be scrutinized by an appellate court,” Laura Coates, a CNN legal analyst and anchor, said.
Attorneys on both sides weighed in.
Then Combs,who has been held in custody in Brooklyn,N.Y., addressed the court after he submitted a four-page letter to the judge that included an apology to the victims.
“I ask your honor for the chance to be a father again,” he said.”I ask your honor for the chance to be a son again. I ask Your honor for the chance to be a leader in my community again. I ask your honor for a chance to get the help that I desperately need to become a better person because I don’t want to let God down, I don’t want to let my family down.”
Combs, saying he will fully comply with the sentence, added: “I don’t have nobody to blame but myself. I know I’ll never put my hands on another person again. I know that I’ve learned my lesson. I’m willing to comply with the sentence.”