Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sentenced to 50 months (just over four years) in prison following his conviction on two prostitution-related charges.
Combs submitted a plea for leniency in a letter to the judge.
The 55-year-old rapper and producer has spent more than a year in a New York jail after he was arrested and charged in September 2024.
The time he has already served will be taken off his sentence.
Who is Diddy?
Combs founded music label Bad Boy Records in 1993 before rising to prominence as a rapper and producer.
Bad Boy has represented some of the world’s most famous rappers, including the Notorious B.I.G.
Combs has also acted in multiple films, including ‘Get him to the Greek’ and ‘Monster’s Ball’.
Charges
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Combs has been charged with sex trafficking, forced labour, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice.
Federal prosecutors allege he used his “business empire” to cover up decades of abuse against women, exploiting staff to coordinate, conceal, and even record incidents, all to “fulfil his sexual desires” and “protect his reputation”.
However, in July, a jury acquitted him of the most serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering, which carried potential life sentences.
Sentence
Judge Arun Subramanian sentenced Combs to 50 months (just over 4 years) in prison.
He was also fined $US500,000.
In handing down the sentence, the Judge said: “To Ms Ventura and the other brave survivors that came forward, I want to say first: We heard you.”
He added that Combs “will have a chance to show [his] children and the world what real accountability, change and healing”
