New York — Family, friends, former employees and business associates of Sean “Diddy” Combs submitted more than 70 letters asking a federal judge for leniency ahead of his sentencing next week.
“I don’t know how much longer I will be around but I would love to be able to see him and his children together again,” Janice Combs, his 84-year-old mother who regularly attended his trial, said in a signed a letter explaining her health struggles to the judge.
Combs is scheduled to be sentenced October 3.
His lawyers have asked Judge Arun Subramanian to sentence the disgraced music mogul to no more than 14 months in prison, including his time already served, after being convicted on two charges of transportation to engage in prostitution. Each count carries a sentence of up to ten years in prison.
If the judge agrees to the lawyers’ request, he’d essentially guarantee Combs’ imminent release from federal detention in Brooklyn, New York, where he’s been since his September 2024 arrest.
Judge Subramanian has denied Combs bail multiple times, including after his July conviction.
Prosecutors, who will also submit a sentencing recommendation before the hearing, have previously said Combs should face a minimum of four to five years in prison and could still argue for a steeper sentence.
In July after a more than six-week trial, a jury acquitted Combs of the more serious charges he faced – racketeering conspiracy and two counts each of sex trafficking.
In their Monday filing, Combs’ lawyers said the court’s probation department recommendation of 70 to 87 months in prison is “infected” with errors and “grossly overstates the seriousness of the offense.” (CNN)
