Sean “Diddy” Combs’ long-awaited sentencing hearing began on Friday, with the judge quickly casting doubt on the music mogul’s acceptance of guilt for his convictions on two felony counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. In a major moment, the judge signaled he wasn’t seeing a reason to deviate from …
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Sean Combs made a last-ditch plea for leniency in a personal letter written to a federal judge on Thursday ahead of his Friday sentencing on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. Combs wrote that he has been humbled by his time spent in prison while awaiting sentencing, saying …
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Federal prosecutors are recommending that Sean “Diddy” Combs be sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison for his role in transporting male prostitutes and ex-girlfriends across state lines for drug-fueled sex marathons that he choreographed and filmed. “His crimes of conviction are serious and have warranted sentences over …
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Sean “Diddy” Combs spent a chunk of his time in jail over the past year instructing his fellow inmates in the ways of business management, entrepreneurship, and, apparently, how to be more like Sean “Diddy” Combs. A description and curriculum for the course, dubbed “Free Game With Diddy,” was submitted …
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Yung Miami, the City Girls rapper and former girlfriend of Sean Combs, called the convicted mogul “loving, genuine, supportive, and always encouraging” in a letter submitted on his behalf ahead of his sentencing next week, Oct. 3. Yung Miami — real name Caresha Brownlee — was among the many family …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage Sean “Diddy” Combs lost his second bid to be released from jail pending sentencing when a federal judge ruled todaythat the hip-hop mogul failed to prove he wasn’t a flight risk or a danger to the community. “Increasing the amount of the …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage Sean Combs claims in a new court filing that his recent conviction on federal charges of transportation to engage in prostitution was “unprecedented,” so the court should vacate the jury’s verdict and fully acquit him – or grant him a new trial …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage Sean Combs is seeking to be released from jail on a $50 million bond ahead of his Oct. 3 sentencing, following the hip-hop mogul’s acquittal on sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges earlier this month. On Tuesday, Combs’ attorneys filed a 12-page …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage When Sean Combs was acquitted of two sex trafficking charges after harrowing testimony from R&B singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and a more recent ex-girlfriend who testified under the pseudonym Jane, some surmised the jury simply didn’t believe the women. But there’s another …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage When a jury of eight men and four women cleared Sean Combs of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges on Wednesday – the most severe charges leveled against him by federal prosecutors – reaction was decidedly mixed. Combs’ supporters cheered the news …
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