What will Diddy's sentence be? Guns, drugs, and brutality could still plague him - despite an acquittal.

"Sean "Diddy" Combs was visibly elated when a jury cleared him of sex trafficking and racketeering charges in a Manhattan courtroom last July. He slid from his chair to the floor at the defense table, kneeling as if in prayer, then rose to his feet, beaming. "Love you! Love you! Love you!" the rap entrepreneur yelled, turning to face his cheering children and his sobbing mother. "I'm gonna be home soon!" On Friday, he'll find out if he can keep that promise."

"In nearly 400 pages of pre-sentencing submissions, Combs' lawyers and prosecutors from the US Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York made their recommendations for the amount of time he should serve, and the gulf between the prosecution and defense teams' recommendations is enormous. Combs' lawyers are seeking a 14-month sentence - essentially time served - arguing that he has suffered enough during his past year in a Brooklyn federal jail and that he was acquitted of all serious misconduct."

"Underlying this great divide is a single legal question: How does the judge address all the guns, drugs, and brutality the jury heard about - from dozens of witnesses - throughout Combs' seven-week trial? That is the 'acquitted conduct' that US District Judge Arun Subramanian will likely consider. What weight to give 'acquitted conduct '? The defense conceded in pre-sentencing arguments that, sure, the Bad Boy Records founder had drug problems."

Sean 'Diddy' Combs celebrated an acquittal on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges but faces sentencing on two Mann Act violations. Those convictions involve two girlfriends and at least eight male escorts who crossed state lines for 'freak offs' — the hotel sex sessions central to the case. Nearly 400 pages of pre-sentencing submissions reveal starkly different positions: defense lawyers seek a 14-month sentence, essentially time served, while federal prosecutors request an 11-year term. Prosecutors argue Combs remains a threat and harmed his girlfriends. The judge must decide what weight to give 'acquitted conduct' evidence, including testimony about guns, drugs and brutality. The defense acknowledged past drug problems.

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