Sean “Diddy” Combs’ The conviction of hearing began on Friday at 7:30 pm Indian time, while currently arguments on Manhattan Federal Court in the United States.
The case will be heard by Judge Arun Subramananian, after which the proceedings will determine how long the hip-hop magnate will serve in prison after his conviction under Federal Mann’s law, making it a crime to transport people through state borders for prostitution.
The prosecutors are pushing for more than 11 years of imprisonment, while its defensive team is looking for immediate release.
Sean Diddy Combs arrived in the courtroom with his family to hear the conviction. The condemnation would soon be pronounced.
What has happened so far in the case?
Combs, 55, were charged with blackmail, two number of gender trading and two number of transport for prostitution. Later on July 2, 2025, he was liberated from the “blackmail” of the accusation that he could give him a potential life sentence. He was also liberated from two charges of trading trading.
However, he was convicted of two number of transport for prostitution, including two victims-former girlfriend and singer Cassie Ventura and an anonymous person known as “Jane”. According to the BBC, he was accused of transporting victims to places where they would participate in prostitution.
Sean Combs and Cassie Ventura have been in a relationship for more than ten years.
The accusation of transport for prostitution carries a maximum sentence of 10 years and the ridges were convicted of two numbers. He begged not to be guilty and denied all the accusations against him.
What did his lawyer refer to?
After CombS was convicted, his lawyer Marc AgniFilo immediately referred to his release from the federal prison until his conviction and suggested bail of $ 1 million.
However, his appeal was rejected and forced the hip-hop tycoon to stay in prison until he was convicted. On the eve of the COMBS conviction, he wrote a letter to the judge and demanded indulgence so that he could be around his seven children and older mothers. “I lost my way … My fall was rooted in my selfishness. I was humiliated and broken to my core,” he wrote in a letter.
Combs also wrote the judges not to let him walk freely, because he could try to take revenge from them. They also described how he abused his influence and power as a public character to destroy their lives, the BBC reported.
“I’m afraid that if he goes free, his first action will be quick retribution towards me and the others who spoke,” Ventura wrote.
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