Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been sentenced to over four years behind bars for his prostitution conviction.
According to sources, the Judge Arun Subramanian handed down the sentence of 50 months in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday, as the music mogul, 55, reportedly hung his head while his family watched on from the gallery.
Additionally, a fine of $500,000 was handed with the judge condemning the rapper for his ‘savage’ abuse of his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, saying he was making an example of him because he caused ‘irreperable harm’ to his victims.
In his words: ”Deterrence requires a significant sentence’ he said, noting that Diddy held more ‘freak offs’ even after he had been subjected to search warrants and public shaming over his abuse of Ventura.
”You abused the power and control you had over the lives of women you professed to love dearly,’ the judge said. ‘Why did it go on so long? Because you had the power and resources to keep it going.”
Before the ruling, Diddy had pleaded with the judge handling his criminal trial to show mercy, blaming his past behaviour on drug addiction and claiming he has turned his life around.
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In a four-page letter submitted on Thursday, just hours before his sentencing hearing scheduled for 10:00 ET (15:00 GMT), Combs apologised “for all of the hurt and pain that I have caused” and said he has been reformed after spending 13 months in a Brooklyn jail.
Writing to Judge Arun Subramanian, Combs expressed remorse for his violent past, including an assault on his former girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura.
“I literally lost my mind,” he admitted. “I’m sorry for that and always will be. My domestic violence will always be a heavy burden that I will have to forever carry.”
He also apologised to another woman, known in court as “Jane,” who testified against him during the trial, saying he had become “lost in the drugs and the excess.”
“I lost my way,” Combs wrote. “My downfall was rooted in my selfishness. I have been humbled and broken to my core.”
Combs argued in his letter that he has changed, describing how he now teaches fellow inmates about business and is sober “for the first time in 25 years.”
