"Following the eight-week trial concluded in July, jurors cleared Combs of the most serious accusations; sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. The jury did, however, convict him on two charges of transporting people for prostitution. Judge Arun Subramanian now holds the task of deciding the penalty. Proceedings are set to begin at 10am eastern time. Combs was accused of pressuring two former partners into drug-laced sexual encounters involving hired escorts."
"The government is urging no less than 135 months behind bars that's 11 years and three months calling Combs unrepentant and highlighting violence and intimidation that witnesses described. Defense lawyers are pressing for no more than 14 months, which with time already served would allow Combs to leave custody by the end of 2025. They argue that his punishment has already been sufficient for what they say was consensual sex with paid entertainers."
Sean 'Diddy' Combs faces sentencing in Manhattan after a federal jury convicted him on two counts of transporting people for prostitution. Jurors acquitted him of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy following an eight-week trial. The convictions each carry a maximum ten-year sentence under the Mann Act. Prosecutors urge at least 135 months, citing alleged violence, intimidation, and lack of remorse. Defense lawyers seek no more than 14 months, arguing the conduct involved consensual encounters with paid entertainers and that punishment already served suffices. Judge Arun Subramanian will decide the penalty at proceedings beginning Friday at 10 a.m. Eastern. Probation officials calculated a potentially higher guideline range.
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