Judge sentences Sean Diddy Combs to 4 years and 2 months in prison, citing history of abusing women
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was sentenced Friday to 4 years and 2 months in prison in a case involving sex workers, violence and “freak-offs.” The judge said a lengthy sentence was needed for deterrence and that he was unconvinced that if Combs is released, these crimes won’t happen again.
Combs, 55, was convicted in July of flying people across state lines for drug-fueled marathon sexual encounters. Jurors acquitted him of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges that could have carried a life sentence.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs stood frozen like a statue as a judge ordered him to serve four years and two months in prison over prostitution offenses.
Judge Arun Subramanian handed down the sentence of 50 months in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday and slapped him with a fine of $500,000.
Following his time in prison, the judge sentenced Combs to another five years of supervised release.
Subramanian said a lengthy sentence was needed for deterrence and that he was unconvinced that if Combs is released these crimes won’t happen again.
Diddy, 55, was convicted on two counts of prostitution charges during a grueling eight-week trial in July, but was acquitted of the two more serious charges against him of sex trafficking and racketeering.
The judge condemned Diddy for his ‘savage’ abuse of his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura and said he was making an example of him because he caused ‘irreparable harm’ to his victims.
The decision came following a disastrous sentencing hearing that saw the judge decide at the start of the day that he would still consider evidence from the acquitted charges as he made his sentencing decision.
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