After an incredibly high-profile eight-week trial, music producer and business mogul Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs has been sentenced to 50 months in prison on transportation for prostitution charges
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been told to “make the most of the second chance” he has been served up after he was sentenced to over four years in prison.
Judge Arun Subramanian told the rapper he understood he was “in a dark place” as he will suffer through “hard prison time” away from his family.
However, the judge added that “there is light at the end of the tunnel” as he will “have a life after prison.
The rapper was arrested on September 16, 2024 and has been held in the Metropolitan Detention Centre ever since. The high profile trial began back in May, but just two months later in July a New York jury acquitted the rapper of the more serious sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges.
But Combs faced 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of two counts of transportation for prostitution.
The business mogul’s defence team asked that the I’ll Be Missing You hitmaker be sentenced to no more than 14 months, while prosecutors sought more than 11 years of prison time for the rapper. Judge Arun Subramanian sentenced him to 50 months in prison.
Subramanian also imposed a fine of $500,000 (£371,000), the maximum possible as he said he took Combs’s “immense financial resources” into account, saying they “enabled his crimes.”
In sentencing, the judge said the defence’s call for 14 months was not sufficient because it does not account for aggravating factor – “the violence, the drugs and coercion”.
Subramanian added that it is clear how important Combs is to his children and their mother before telling the court he now has “a chance for renewal and redemption”.
The judge also addressed the “strong women who came forward to tell their stories – stories of courage”. He said former partner’s Cassie and “Jane” – who testified under a pseudonym – went through “abuse and trauma we couldn’t imagine”.
Turning to Cassie and “the other brave survivors who came forward”, he said: “We heard you… these horrible acts were made public and Sean Combs will never be able to wash them away.
“I can only say your families are proud of you and your children will be proud of you… You weren’t just talking to the jury you were talking to the women who feel powerless – you gave them a voice, you stood up to power, it’s not easy.”
He added that the survivors showed the world that violence “doesn’t have to stay hidden forever” as he thanked them again for their courage.
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