"Sean "Diddy" Combs is scheduled to be sentenced today following his July 2 conviction on two prostitution-related counts in Manhattan federal court. The fallen rap mogul faces a maximum of 20 years in prison. Diddy's sentencing stems from his September 16, 2024, arrest, which came in the wake of sex-abuse and trafficking allegations over the course of a year. The allegations started when ex-girlfriend Casandra "Cassie" Ventura filed a suit alleging that Diddy used physical and psychological abuse."
"Cassie and another woman referred to in court as "Jane" testified at Diddy's trial that he used physical and psychological abuse to coerce them into sexual encounters with male escorts. Diddy went on trial for five counts in May - one racketeering conspiracy count, two sex-trafficking counts, and two transportation for the purpose of prostitution counts. While he was found guilty of the transportation counts, jurors acquitted him of the most serious charges - racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking."
"'Incredibly, while the defendant conceded his acts of violence and abuse throughout trial, he now argues that his victims should shoulder the blame,' prosecutors wrote in their September 30 sentencing argument. 'The defendant tries to recast decades of abuse as simply the function of mutually toxic relationships ... but there is nothing mutual about a relationship where one person holds all the power and the other ends up bloodied and bruised.'"
Sean "Diddy" Combs faces sentencing after his July 2 conviction on two transportation-for-prostitution counts in Manhattan federal court, carrying a maximum of 20 years. The charges followed his September 16, 2024 arrest and allegations from Casandra "Cassie" Ventura and another woman identified as "Jane" that he used physical and psychological abuse to coerce sexual encounters with male escorts. Jurors acquitted him of racketeering conspiracy and sex-trafficking counts but convicted him on the transportation counts. Prosecutors sought a 135-month sentence, highlighted extensive victim testimony, and described him as unrepentant while arguing the abuse was not mutual.
Read at Vulture
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]