Sean “Diddy” Combs has requested a choose for leniency in a four-page letter forward of his sentencing on prostitution-related fees, vowing, “I’ll by no means commit a criminal offense once more.”
“I wish to apologize and say how sincerely sorry I’m for all the harm and ache that I’ve brought about others by my conduct,” Combs wrote within the letter that was delivered by his legal professionals to Choose Arun Subramanian on the eve of his sentencing listening to and shared by The New York Occasions. “This has been the toughest two years of my life, and I’ve nobody responsible for my present actuality and scenario however myself.”
Federal prosecutors are in search of an 11-year jail sentence, citing Combs’ “many years of abuse” and “unchecked violence.” Their submitting included an announcement from Combs’ ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, who insisted that “the manipulator, the aggressor, the abuser, the trafficker — is who he’s as a human,” including, “He has little interest in altering or changing into higher.”
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Combs’ protection attorneys, nonetheless, are pushing for a 14-month sentence, which might enable for his speedy launch primarily based on time served.
“The scenes and pictures of me assaulting Cassie play time and again in my head day by day,” Combs wrote in his letter to the choose. “I used to be useless improper for placing my fingers on the lady that I beloved. I’m sorry for that and at all times will probably be.”
Combs additionally addressed the lady who took that stand below the pseudonym “Jane,” saying, “I believed I used to be offering for Jane regarding her and her youngster, however after listening to her testimony, I noticed that I harm her. For this I’m deeply sorry.”
Within the letter, Combs described his residing situations within the Metropolitan Detention Heart as “inhumane,” citing lack of daylight, privateness, and clear water, and emphasised how he “made one of the best” of his time by studying, writing, getting remedy, and beginning a six-week program which his fellow inmates dubbed ”Free Sport,” that was sanctioned by the Bureau of Prisons: “It actually has been a blessing to do one thing optimistic in a adverse scenario.”
Combs is anticipated in courtroom this Friday, September third, for his sentencing on the 2 prostitution-related convictions, which carry a most sentence of 10 years for every depend. He’s anticipated to talk on to the choose on his personal behalf, and given the tenor of his letter, will seemingly lean into how he’s a modified man after spending months behind bars.
“I received misplaced in my journey. Misplaced within the medication and the surplus,” he wrote. “My downfall was rooted in my selfishness. I’ve been humbled and damaged to my core… I might ask Your Honor to make me an instance of what an individual can do if afforded a second likelihood.”
