Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to over 4 years in prison for prostitution conviction
The hip-hop mogul had arranged for paid male escorts to travel across state lines to take part in drug-fuelled ‘Freak Offs’
Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison over his conviction on prostitution-related charges, with the judge rebuking the hip-hop mogul for subjecting two former girlfriends to years of abuse.
Combs, 55, was stoic as US District Judge Arun Subramanian announced the 50-month sentence at the end of a day-long hearing in Manhattan federal court.
He could be released in less than three years after receiving credit for the time he has already spent locked up at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn since his September 16, 2024 arrest.
Combs had faced a maximum possible sentence of 20 years behind bars over his conviction in July on two counts of arranging for paid male escorts to travel across state lines to take part in drug-fuelled sexual performances with Combs’ girlfriends while he recorded video and masturbated.
The jury acquitted him on the more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking, which could have earned him a life sentence.
Those charges hinged on prosecutors’ accusations that Combs used violence and threats to coerce two of his girlfriends – the rhythm and blues singer Casandra Ventura, and a woman known in court by the pseudonym Jane – to take part in the performances, sometimes known as “Freak Offs”.