Sean Combs deserves a minimum of 11 years in jail when he is sentenced Friday on two counts of transportation for the needs of prostitution, federal prosecutors mentioned in a memo to the choose, arguing that regardless of his acquittal on extra critical prices Combs is “unrepentant” and left victims in concern.
“The defendant is not going to be punished for any crimes of which he was acquitted, after all, however punishment for his crimes of conviction should keep in mind the style during which he dedicated them,” prosecutors argued.
The advice is way in extra of what protection attorneys sought, which amounts to about time served.
Sean “Diddy” Combs listens as lawyer Alexandra Shapiro (not seen) argues throughout a listening to over his bid to overturn his conviction on prices of transportation to have interaction in prostitution, at a courtroom in New York, U.S., September 25, 2025, on this courtroom sketch.
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Federal prosecutors say Combs was violent, abusive and left victims in concern, so whereas he was acquitted of intercourse trafficking and racketeering conspiracy prices they are saying he nonetheless deserves a minimum of 11 years following his July conviction on two counts of transportation for the needs of prostitution.
Prosecutors argued Combs held all the ability over the folks he transported, significantly Cassie Ventura, who ended up “bloodied and busied,” as depicted on lodge safety digital camera video.
Metropolitan Museum of Artwork Costume Institute Gala – Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Artwork of the In-Between – Arrivals – New York Metropolis, U.S. on Jan. 5, 2017.
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“Theresa defendant additionally horrifically bodily abused Ventura all through their relationship, some extent he conceded at trial,” prosecutors mentioned.
They argued the sentence ought to replicate Combs’ “a long time of unchecked violence” and “a long time of psychological, emotional and bodily harm he has inflicted.”
Protection attorneys name the advice “draconian,” saying of their earlier sentencing memo it quantities to “Verdict be damned—lock him up and throw away the important thing.”
