03/10/2025
“Diddy” Combs has been sentenced to 50 months in prison for his conviction on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He also must pay a $500,000 fine.
Combs addressed the court earlier and begged the judge for mercy, calling his actions “disgusting, shameful and sick.” Combs apologized to the victims and “all the victims of domestic violence.”
After handing down the sentence, Judge Arun Subramanian addressed Sean “Diddy” Combs directly, saying he knows Combs is likely in a “dark place” right now, but that he and his family would get through it.
“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,” the judge said, referencing several letters from Combs’ mother, sister, children and friends. “Let them lift you up now, just like you’ve lifted them up for so many years.”
In closing, the judge told Combs: “You will have a chance to show your children and the world what real accountability and healing look like.”
The judge noted that this is “hard time” away from Combs’ family, but also noting Combs will have a life after prison.
The judge said outpatient treatment and mental health programs were warranted. Subramanian also ordered Combs to serve five years of supervised release.
Combs’ lawyers had argued he should be released almost immediately, asking the judge to sentence him to no more than 14 months including time served. Prosecutors said he should’ve faced more than 11 years in prison.
Combs was found guilty of two counts of transporting individuals for prostitution in July but was acquitted of more serious s*x trafficking and racketeering charges that could have led to a life sentence.
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