Federal prosecutors have urged a New York judge to hand Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs an 11-year prison sentence, arguing the music mogul has shown no genuine remorse following his conviction on two prostitution-related charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is not a person who has accepted responsibility,\u201d prosecutor Christy Slavik told the court Friday. \u201cHis remorse was qualified. It\u2019s as though he thinks the law doesn\u2019t apply to him. His respect for the law is just lip service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Combs\u2019s defense team, however, is asking for a 14-month sentence, which would amount to time already served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slavik accused the 55-year-old hip-hop icon of arrogance, saying he had already booked speaking engagements in Miami next week in anticipation of a light sentence \u2014 an act she described as \u201cthe height of hubris.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Judge Arun Subramanian noted that sentencing guidelines recommend a term of six to seven years but emphasized he has discretion to impose more or less. He also highlighted Combs\u2019s \u201cfull-throated\u201d challenge of his guilt as evidence of limited remorse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Combs, who has been in custody in Brooklyn for over a year, submitted a letter to the judge on Thursday pleading for mercy. \u201cI lost my way. I got lost in the drugs and the excess,\u201d he wrote, adding that prison had left him \u201chumbled and broken to my core.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jurors in July cleared Combs of the most serious charges \u2014 sex trafficking and racketeering \u2014 sparing him a potential life sentence. Still, he was convicted of transporting individuals across state lines for prostitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Victim Testimony and Fallout<\/strong> \u201cThe entire courtroom watched actual footage of Combs kicking and beating me as I tried to run away from a freak-off in 2016,\u201d Ventura wrote in a letter to the judge. She said she continues to suffer nightmares and flashbacks and has left New York with her family out of fear of retribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another woman, identified as Jane, also testified to similar abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While the defense did not deny Combs\u2019s violent history or sexual practices, they argued the relationships were consensual and fell short of the federal trafficking and racketeering thresholds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Combs\u2019s mother and six children were present in court and have written letters of support, while Combs himself vowed in his statement: \u201cI will never commit a crime again.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Federal prosecutors have urged a New York judge to hand Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs an 11-year prison sentence, arguing the music mogul has shown no genuine remorse following his conviction on two prostitution-related charges. \u201cThis is not a person who has accepted responsibility,\u201d prosecutor Christy Slavik told the court Friday. \u201cHis remorse was qualified. It\u2019s as…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38,35],"tags":[2097,2098,2099],"class_list":["post-2625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","tag-11-years-sentence-diddy","tag-freak-offs","tag-prosecutors"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
His former girlfriend, singer Casandra \u201cCassie\u201d Ventura, described years of abuse, including violent incidents and being coerced into orchestrated sexual encounters known as \u201cfreak-offs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n