Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs reportedly already had plans earlier than his sentencing on Friday, October 3.
The prosecution in Diddy’s intercourse trafficking case instructed the decide that the rapper, 55, had no less than seven talking engagements scheduled, an act they described because the “top of hubris,” in accordance with a New York Instances report on the day of the sentencing. The prosecution additionally filed a letter from Giovanni Sairra, who based a nonprofit that assists inmates as they readjust to life outdoors of jail.
Sairra’s letter claimed the group had “secured approval from correctional businesses like GEO Group, Inc. and neighborhood companions to host Mr. Combs as an teacher educating each just about and in particular person.”
The occasions have been largely scheduled to happen in Miami, the place Diddy lived earlier than he was arrested in September 2024 on expenses of intercourse trafficking, transportation and racketeering. (Diddy was discovered not responsible of the 2 extra critical offense, racketeering conspiracy and two counts of intercourse trafficking, however discovered responsible of two expenses of transportation to have interaction in prostitution. He has maintained his innocence and denied all expenses.)
The Instances additionally reported that Diddy’s lawyer Xavier Donaldson later tried to reclassify the occasions and dispute the concept Combs scheduled them beneath the idea he could be launched.
“Opposite to what the federal government mentioned — and I’m going to say this blatantly — we do want one thing for him to do if he does get out right this moment,” he mentioned earlier than including that Combs would spend time “not with talking engagements, however with educating engagements.”
Diddy was sentenced to 50 months in jail on Friday, with the time he’s already served counting towards his sentence. He was additionally fined $500,000 and ordered 5 years of supervised launch upon leaving the Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn, New York.
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“Jane [Doe] and Cassie Ventura have been via abuse and trauma we couldn’t think about. I can solely say your households are happy with you and your kids shall be happy with you for coming to the courtroom to inform you what actually occurred,” Decide Arun Subramanian mentioned because the sentence was handed down. “You weren’t simply speaking to the jury, you have been speaking to the ladies who really feel powerless.”
After his 2024 arrest, Diddy’s legal professional Marc Agnifilo mentioned in a press release to Us Weekly that his consumer was “imperfect” however “not a prison.”
“Please reserve your judgment till you could have all of the info,” Agnifilo added. “These are the acts of an harmless man with nothing to cover, and he seems ahead to clearing his identify in courtroom.”
The date for Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sentencing has been confirmed following his partial conviction at trial. Decide Arun Subramanian revealed on Wednesday, July 2, that Diddy, 55, shall be ordered to return to courtroom on October 3 for his sentencing. Diddy’s protection crew is looking for a jail sentence of 21 to 27 months, whereas prosecutors […]
Diddy has remained behind bars in Brooklyn since he was arrested. His trial started on Might 5 and centered totally on the allegations of Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Cassie (in addition to an unnamed Jane Doe), who took the stand and shared the alleged sexual and bodily abuse she suffered by the hands of Diddy all through their on-and-off relationship, which spanned from 2007 to 2018.
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