Sean 'Diddy' Combs is sentenced to 50 months in prison, minus 14 months served, by the federal judge, putting the final nail in the coffin of his federal sex trafficking trial. Jennifer Gould reports.
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Crime Alert hourly update, Breaking crime news. Now. I'm Jennifer Gould,
breaking news. The freak Off King's final fate has been sealed.
The gavel slammed down on one of hip hop's biggest moguls,
as Sean Diddy Combs was sentenced to fifty months minus
the fourteen months already served by US District Judge Aaron
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Subramanian in a Manhattan courtroom that equals just a little
over four years. The defense, led by attorney Marc Agnifilo,
pleaded for the ultimate mercy, demanding a sentence of just
fourteen months time already served for Combs's immediate release from
MDC Brooklyn. Backed by an eleven minute video and letters
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from his children, the defense highlighted Combs's jailhouse reform and
his status as a first time offender, calling the recommended
sentence quote draconian. Colmbs himself submitted a handwritten letter proclaiming
quote the old me died in jail end quote, and
personally addressed the court asking for leniency for his children's sake,
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while claiming, quote, I take full responsibility and accountability for
my past wrongs end quote. In sharp contrast, assistant US
attorney Christy Slavic demanded a formidable term of at least
one hundred and thirty five months over eleven years. Slavic
immediately blasted Combs's remorse as performance, citing flight logs for
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post sentencing speaking engagements as the quote height of Hubris
end quote. She insisted the sentence was crucial for accountability,
arguing Comb's committed serious federal crimes repeatedly over fifteen years.
Judge Supermanian, visibly skeptical, publicly ruled the moguls denial of
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keyfacts quote flatly inconsistent with reality end quote before delivering
this sentence. Colms, held without bail since his September twenty
twenty four arrest, will now trade his mansions for a
federal cell. While the possibility is remote, speculation lingers that
a presidential pardon could inject a bizarre political layer into
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the convicted mogul's future. In the meantime, His legal war, however,
is far from over. The conviction has simultaneously unleashed a
massive wave of civil litigation. Colmbs faces dozens of active lawsuits,
with attorneys preparing to file over one hundred and twenty
additional cases involving both male and female accusers, some reportedly
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minors at the time. For the latest crime and justice news,
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with this crime Alert. I'm Jennifer Gould.
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