""Mr. Combs scripted a 15-page class plan for the course, which is an educational program designed to equip participants with essential skills in business management, entrepreneurship and personal development," his lawyers wrote in a presentencing submission that made a plea for leniency. The 55-year-old businessman and rapper, once worth close to a billion dollars, developed the curriculum for the course before his recent Manhattan federal trial in which he was convicted of prostitution-related charges, Combs' attorneys said in the late Monday filing."
"Sean "Diddy" Combs went from embattled music mogul to jailhouse mentor. While locked up at a notorious federal jail in Brooklyn, Combs launched a 6-week business course called "Free Game with Diddy" in order to "spread his knowledge to his fellow inmates," Combs' attorneys said in new court papers. The class also had a Spanish interpreter, "so everyone who wanted to participate had the opportunity to do so," Combs' lawyers wrote in the court documents."
Sean 'Diddy' Combs created a six-week program titled 'Free Game with Diddy' to teach business management, entrepreneurship and personal development to fellow inmates at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. He scripted a 15-page class plan and developed the curriculum before his Manhattan federal trial. The course was offered to all inmates in his dorm and included a Spanish interpreter to ensure broad participation. Combs' attorneys said MDC offered no other educational courses and that the program had a substantial impact on many participants. The course and these details were noted in a presentencing submission.
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