Sean Combs deserves no less than 11 years in jail when he’s sentenced Friday on two counts of transportation for the needs of prostitution, federal prosecutors stated 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, in fact, however punishment for his crimes of conviction should take into consideration the style during which he dedicated them,” prosecutors argued.
The advice is much in extra of what protection attorneys sought, which quantities 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 interact 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 no less than 11 years following his July conviction on two counts of transportation for the needs of prostitution.
Prosecutors argued Combs held all the facility over the individuals he transported, notably Cassie Ventura, who ended up “bloodied and busied,” as depicted on lodge safety digicam 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, a degree he conceded at trial,” prosecutors stated.
They argued the sentence ought to replicate Combs’ “a long time of unchecked violence” and “a long time of psychological, emotional and bodily injury 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.”
