""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 bloodied and bruised.""
""the many lives that Sean Combs upended with his abuse and control...""
""Sex acts became my full-time job," ... "His power over me eroded my independence and sense of self until I felt no choice but to submit.""
Sean 'Diddy' Combs will be sentenced after a jury convicted him on two counts of transportation for prostitution, each carrying up to 10 years. A prior jury acquitted him of racketeering and sex trafficking, but federal prosecutors are asking for 11 years and a $500,000 fine, citing trial testimony of beatings, illegal drug provision, and orchestrated drug-fueled sexual performances called "freak-offs." Witnesses described Combs beating girlfriends and using his power to control women. One prominent witness wrote that sex acts became her full-time job and that his power eroded her independence, leaving her feeling she had no choice but to submit.
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