{"id":162816,"date":"2025-09-23T06:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T06:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/162816\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T06:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T06:35:10","slug":"sean-diddy-combss-lawyers-pitch-shorter-prison-term-therapy-ahead-of-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/162816\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s lawyers pitch shorter prison term, therapy ahead of sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diddy’s lawyers have urged a judge to impose a 14-month prison sentence on the hip-hop mogul after he was convicted of prostitution-related offences, but acquitted on more serious charges.<\/p>\n

Warning: This story contains details of graphic sexual acts and domestic violence.<\/p>\n

Family and domestic violence support services:<\/p>\n

If you need help immediately call emergency services on triple-0<\/p>\n

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, 55, \u00a0faces a statutory maximum of 20 years in prison after a Manhattan jury found him guilty in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He pleaded not guilty and is expected to appeal his conviction.<\/p>\n

In a court filing on Monday local time, the Combs legal team urged the judge to impose the lesser sentence, followed by supervised release with mandatory drug treatment, therapy, and group counselling.<\/p>\n

His team argued it would be “sufficient, but not greater than necessary” under federal sentencing law.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors have until September 29 to recommend a sentence and have said that a “substantial” prison term is warranted, but acknowledged that federal sentencing guidelines appear to recommend no more than five and a quarter years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Sean<\/p>\n

Combs is expected to be sentenced on October 3.\u00a0 (Reuters: Jane Rosenberg)<\/p>\n

US District Judge Arun Subramanian is expected to sentence Combs on October 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Judge Subramanian has also scheduled a hearing for Thursday to consider Combs’s motion to set the conviction aside.<\/p>\n

Combs founded Bad Boy Records and is credited with popularising hip-hop in American culture.<\/p>\n

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s criminal conviction may not end his career<\/a><\/p>\n

Sean Combs\u2019s federal trial ended with him being convicted of two charges but, for some fans and supporters, the result was like an exoneration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trial heard of ‘freak offs’, physical attacks<\/p>\n

During a two-month trial, prosecutors said Combs coerced two former girlfriends into days-long, drug-fuelled sex marathons known as “freak offs” with male prostitutes.<\/p>\n

Both women \u2014 singer Casandra Ventura, known as Cassie, and a woman known by the pseudonym Jane \u2014 testified that Combs physically attacked them and threatened to cut off financial support if they resisted his sexual encounters.<\/p>\n

Lawyers for Combs did not deny there was abuse, but argued there was no direct link between what they called domestic violence and the women’s participation in the “freak offs”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They argued that Ms Ventura and Jane consented to the encounters because they loved Combs and wanted to make him happy.<\/p>\n

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Casandra Ventura testified to Combs’s physical attacks during the trial.\u00a0 (Reuters: Jane Rosenberg)<\/p>\n

Combs’s lawyers have said voyeurism, or paying to watch others have sex, does not constitute engaging in prostitution.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors countered that Combs’s direct involvement in sexual activity was not required.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They said the conviction was supported by evidence that Combs masturbated during the performances and directed victims on what to do.<\/p>\n

Combs was arrested in September last year and has remained in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since then.<\/p>\n

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