Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs tells decide he was ‘damaged to my core’ – NBC New York
On the eve of his sentencing, Sean “Diddy” Combs wrote a federal decide Thursday proclaiming himself to be a brand new man after realizing that he was “damaged to my core.”
Combs, 55, advised Decide Arun Subramanian that along with his thoughts clear of medicine and alcohol after a yr in jail, he can see how rotten he had grow to be earlier than his September 2024 arrest in a case that led to his conviction on two prostitution-related counts. His sentencing listening to is ready to start Friday morning.
“Over the previous yr there have been so many occasions that I needed to surrender. There have been some days I assumed I’d be higher off useless. The outdated me died in jail and a brand new model of me was reborn. Jail will change you or kill you — I select to dwell,” he mentioned.
A jury in July acquitted Combs of intercourse trafficking and racketeering conspiracy expenses, however he nonetheless faces the potential for years in jail.
Combs’ legal professionals say he ought to go free this month, arguing his yr behind bars has been sufficient of a penalty, whereas prosecutors need at the very least 11 years in jail.
In his letter, Combs wrote that he had “nobody guilty for my present actuality and state of affairs however myself.”
“In my life, I’ve made many errors, however I’m now not operating from them,” he wrote. “I’m so sorry for the damage that I triggered, however I perceive that the mere phrases ‘I’m sorry’ won’t ever be ok as these phrases alone can’t erase the ache from the previous.”
Combs’ full letter will be learn under:
Combs apologizes for attacking girlfriend
Combs apologized for hitting, kicking and dragging then-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura at a Los Angeles lodge in 2016 — an assault captured on safety digicam.
“The scene and pictures of me assaulting Cassie play again and again in my head day by day,” Combs wrote. “I actually misplaced my thoughts. I used to be useless flawed for placing my arms on the lady that I cherished. I’m sorry for that and at all times might be.”
Child Cudi is breaking his silence on testifying in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-trafficking trial. The rapper joined Alex Cooper on the Aug. 13 episode of “Name Her Daddy” and mirrored on how reluctant he was to take the stand.
That footage was proven repeatedly throughout his two-month trial, which additionally included testimony from ladies who mentioned Combs had crushed, threatened, blackmailed or sexually assaulted them.
In her letter to the decide forward of sentencing, Ventura dismissed Combs’ claims of regret.
“I do know that who he was to me — the manipulator, the aggressor, the abuser, the trafficker — is who he’s as a human,” she wrote. “He has little interest in altering or changing into higher. He’ll at all times be the identical merciless, power-hungry, manipulative man that he’s.”
Ventura famous that Combs had denied her allegations of assault till the footage of the beating emerged, and she or he urged the decide to difficulty a sentence that “displays the energy it took for victims of Sean Combs to return ahead.”
“I hope that your determination considers the numerous lives that Sean Combs has upended along with his abuse and management,” she wrote.
May Diddy be subsequent on Trump’s record of presidential pardons? On Aug. 5, Nicole Westmoreland, an lawyer on Sean “Diddy” Combs’ protection group, sat down for an interview with CNN and confirmed that the music mogul’s authorized reps have reached out to the Trump administration a couple of potential pardon.
Combs additionally apologized to a lady who testified beneath the pseudonym “Jane,” saying that “after listening to her testimony, I spotted that I damage her.”
Jane advised the jury Combs had chased her round her residence, put her in a chokehold, punched her within the head, kicked her as she lay in a ball on the bottom, dragged her by her hair after which pressured her into having intercourse with a male intercourse employee.
“I misplaced my method. I received misplaced in my journey. Misplaced within the medication and the surplus,” Combs wrote. “My downfall was rooted in my selfishness.”
Combs asks decide for mercy
In jail, Combs mentioned, he has been studying, writing, going to remedy, understanding and educating a six-week course to different inmates, “Free Sport with Diddy,” imparting his enterprise knowledge, in addition to classes discovered from his errors and failures.
He vowed to by no means commit against the law once more, telling the decide he’s gone via a “religious reset.”
Somewhat than make an instance out of him with a prolonged sentence, Combs implored Subramanian to “make me an instance of what an individual can do if afforded a second probability.”
“Should you permit me to go residence to my household, I promise I can’t allow you to down and I’ll make you proud,” he wrote.
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