Judge Announces Mogul's Sentence and Imposes $500,000 Fine

It looks like Diddy won’t be coming home just yet. The mogul appeared in Judge Arun Subramanian’s courtroom yet again on Friday (October 3), to be sentenced for two counts of violating the Mann Act. The judge sentenced Diddy to 50 months in prison, according to Inner City Press. In addition to the sentence, the judge imposed a $500,000 fine and five years of supervised release.

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A series of tweets from Inner City Press reporting on a court case involving Mr. Combs. The judge discusses sentencing, abuse, and consequences.

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Tweets from Inner City Press reporting on a court case, discussing sentencing, fines, and addressing victims.

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After handing down the sentence, Judge Subramanian quoted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

As Complex broke down earlier this week, Judge Subramanian was balancing multiple sentencing recommendations from different players in the case. Diddy’s team argued that he should be sentenced to time served. Federal prosecutors actually presented two different possibilities: the statutory maximum of 20 years or, failing that, a minimum of 135 months (a little over 11 years); and the Probation Department recommended a range of 70 to 87 months.

The mogul, as mentioned, was convicted following a seven-week trial this summer of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, a law also known as the Mann Act. He was acquitted of the more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking.

On the eve of Diddy’s sentencing, his legal team made public an 11-minute video featuring clips from across the Bad Boy Records founder’s career.

“I know in order for me to get into Heaven, I’m not gon’ get in there [like] ‘Well, come on in Heaven. You had 20 hit records,’” Diddy say at one point in the campaign-style video. “That don’t mean nothing and that’s what this world is for. They gon’ say, ‘Oh, come on in Heaven. You was a nice person.’”

Ahead of Friday’s sentencing hearing, Cassie and her parents, Regina and Rodrick Ventura, were among those who shared letters to the judge. In her letter, Cassie, who also testified at Diddy’s trial, asked Subramanian to consider “the truths at hand that the jury failed to see” when making his decision.

In his own letter, Diddy asked the judge “for mercy” at his sentencing, “not only for my sake, but for the sake of my children.”

Diddy himself addressed the court on Friday and apologized to Cassie and “all victims of domestic violence.” He went on to say, “I hate myself right now. I’ve been stripped down to nothing. I want to apologize to my seven children… I’m so sorry. You deserve better. To my mother, I feel… you taught me better,” per Inner City Press.

This story is being updated.

Judge Announces Mogul’s Sentence and Imposes $500,000 Fine

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