Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is being sentenced
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Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to 50 months behind bars by a federal judge Friday, after being convicted on a pair of prostitution-related charges three months ago but escaping racketeering charges which could have put him behind bars for life.
Defense asked for 14 months. Prosecutors asked for at least 11 years. Here's how much prison time he must serve after his sentence.
Numbers out of the Justice Department show that most suicides in jail happen shortly after booking — nearly half of them within the first week.
The hip-hop mogul's adult children become visibly emotional as they beg for leniency before his sentencing on prostitution-related charges.
Ahead of the sentencing, Diddy begged U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian to have mercy on him. "I am so sorry for the hurt that I caused, but I understand that the mere words ‘I’m sorry’ will never be good enough as these words alone cannot erase the pain from the past," Combs wrote in the letter filed in court on Thursday, Oct. 2.
Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced Friday to four years and two months in prison for transporting people across state lines for sexual encounters, capping a sordid federal case that featured harrowing testimony and ended in a forceful reckoning for one of the most influential figures in hip-hop.