P. Diddy sentenced to 4 years and two months in prison

Sean “P. Diddy” Combs He was sentenced to 4 years and two months in prison for the two charges related to prostitution. According to what the American media report, the sentence, he left the artist visibly shaken, who expected a lower sentence, having asked for 14 months and being in custody for a year. The sentence was issued on Friday in New York by the federal judge Arun Subramanian for crimes related to prostitution for which he had been recognized guilty on July 2nd last

“A substantial condemnation must be imposed to send a message both to the abusers and to the victims: exploitation and violence against women must be addressed with a true assumption of responsibility,” said judge Subramanian. “The victims who find the courage to denounce their abusers and relive the trauma in court must see that their efforts lead to a concrete consequence”.

In his intervention in the classroom, Combs had apologized: “I want to apologize, personally, with Cassie Ventura for any damage or wound, emotional or physical, that I caused them,” he said, after asking for a moment to compose, visibly nervous. “I got lost in excess. I lost myself in my ego … I was humiliated and destroyed to the core. At this moment I hate myself. I have been stripped of everything. I am really, deeply sorry for everything, regardless of what is said”.

Combs lawyers announced their intention to appeal, claiming that the judge took into account behaviors for which the accused had been acquitted. “He was totally inconsistent with the jury verdict. The judge acted as if he were a thirteenth juror,” said the lawyer Alexandra Shapiro. “The sentence was determined by conduct that the jury rejected. The jury acquitted Mr. Combs from any coercion”.

On July 2, the 55 -year -old New York rapper had been judged guilty for crimes related to prostitution, but acquitted of the most serious accusations: that is, sexual traffic and criminal association. The sentence was issued by a Federal Jury in New York at the end of a process that lasted seven weeks, with ex -girlfriends who witnessed that they have been physically and sexually abused by him and forced to have sex with other men. The trial, still underway in its legal stages, refers to the accusations made in 2023 by Cassie Ventura, former partner and collaborator of Combs, who had denounced him for physical and psychological violence and sexual exploitation. The manufacturer had declared himself not guilty.