Sean “Diddy” Combs has been serving to his fellow inmates flip their lives round since being detained on the Metropolitan Detention Middle, Brooklyn in New York, in keeping with one prisoner.
Inmate Ho Wen Kwok, who’s also referred to as Miles Guo, submitted a letter in assist of Diddy forward of his sentencing on two counts of transportation to interact in prostitution on Friday, October 3.
Within the letter submitted to Choose Arun Subramanian this week, and obtained by Us Weekly, Kwok mentioned Diddy has been instrumental in supporting his fellow prisoners develop life and entrepreneurial abilities by a course he has been instructing known as “Free Recreation With Diddy.”
“‘Free Recreation With Diddy’ is a course the place we’re taught about life, entrepreneurship, and the way he turned one of the profitable icon-business moguls on the earth ranging from nothing,” Kwok wrote. “The place he helps individuals get his thoughts proper and helps them discover [their] gentle.”
“I’ve seen him put together for this class for few months the place he would write and skim books and take notes in order that he can unfold his information and ideas. For him to share the most effective info he can. For a primary time in [MDC] I joined a program,” the inmate continued. “Additionally, for a primary time, I’ve seen a complete unit take part the place coloration or gang didn’t matter … the one factor that mattered was the equal objective of gaining information and knowledge.”
In keeping with Kwok, “After the primary class, I can see how he turned profitable … he’s a devoted, motivated particular person when he places his thoughts to one thing. I’ve met a whole lot of [celebrities] and I’ve seen that they don’t seem to be that organized, however for this course, [Diddy] is organized and really ready to share his ‘Free Recreation.’”
Within the letter, Kwok described Diddy as a “variety, delicate, genius particular person” with whom he has “had a number of conversations” that “have been very peaceable, enlighten [sic] and motivational.”
“Now we have spoke [sic] about creating applications to take the youth out of the road and assist them with music, sports activities, and simply to search out [their] gentle. The place individuals with out the [resources] or the funds or the connection can come to broaden [their] minds and assets,” he wrote.
Diddy has been detained at MDC Brooklyn since September 2024 following his arrest on prices together with intercourse trafficking, racketeering and transportation to interact in prostitution. He was convicted on two prostitution-related prices in July following a two-month trial, however cleared of three additional trafficking and racketeering prices. (Diddy has maintained his innocence and denied all prices towards him.)
Federal prosecutors are searching for a sentence of simply over 11 years in jail when Diddy is sentenced on Friday.
“Punishment for his crimes of conviction should take note of the way by which he dedicated them,” the prosecutors argued in a memorandum this week. “His crimes of conviction are critical and have warranted sentences over ten years in a number of instances for defendants who, like Sean Combs, engaged in violence and put others in concern.”
Diddy’s legal professionals, nonetheless, have urged Choose Subramanian to think about a 14-month jail sentence adopted by a supervised launch with obligatory drug remedy, particular person remedy and group remedy.
