Hip-hop mogul Sean Diddy Combs is set to be sentenced today October 3, after being convicted of two prostitution-related counts.
Combs’s lawyers, however, are seeking a more lenient of 14 months, which would effectively be time served. The defense team argues that Combs has been humbled and broken by his experience and is committed to rehabilitation.
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Prosecutors are pushing for a sentence of at least 11 years, noting that this is due to Combs’s “unrepentant” behavior and severity of his crimes. They argue that Combs’s actions are part of a larger pattern abuse and control which he used violence, threats and intimidation to lure women into participating in sexual encounters therefore urging the Judge to reject leniency.
The case against Combs involved allegations of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse by his former girlfriends, including singer Cassie Ventura. Ventura testified about the abuse she suffered during their decade-long relationship and described the “freak offs”- sexual marathons with hired men that Combs directed and sometimes filmed.
The judge will consider federal sentencing guidelines but ultimately has broad discretion in determining the sentence.
