Three months after being discovered responsible of two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution, Diddy has been sentenced to 50 months in jail.
On Friday (Oct. 3), Diddy appeared in Manhattan federal court docket to formally be sentenced. After listening to arguments for the previous few weeks from each side about how lengthy Diddy ought to serve, Decide Arun Subramanian concluded that Puff ought to spend 50 months behind bars for his crimes, Regulation&Crime Community studies.
In response to Inside Metropolis Press, the choose additionally imposed a $500,000 high-quality, together with to defray the prices of imprisonment. There isn’t any restitution, however there’s forfeiture as mirrored within the order. There’s a $5,000 high-quality underneath the statute, and a particular evaluation of $200.
Diddy’s sentencing began at 10 a.m. and has included a full day of influence statements and arguments from each side. The total letter Diddy wrote to the choose asking for leniency was launched. In a twist, prosecutors argued that the choose can constitutionally contemplate acquitted conduct, together with the assault of Cassie and different violent acts, and the choose agreed.
Main as much as the sentencing, Decide Subramanian had the duty of studying via a number of character letters filed by each the prosecution and protection, together with pro-Diddy memos from Yung Miami and, oppositely, a word from Cassie Ventura detailing the trauma she suffered by the hands of the legendary label proprietor. Diddy’s movement for a brand new trial was denied earlier this week.
The ruling comes three months after Diddy was convicted in July of the Mann Act, a federal regulation that makes it unlawful to move people throughout state traces for prostitution, following a much-publicized trial. The federal government accused Diddy of forcing girls to take part in drug-fueled threesomes with male prostitutes by means of concern, pressure and coercion. Puff, nonetheless, was acquitted of extra severe costs of intercourse trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.
Diddy was dealing with a most of 20 years in jail for the 2 costs. After initially pushing for a 51 to 63-month sentence, the prosecution really useful the Unhealthy Boy Leisure founder be sentenced to 135 months within the days main as much as the sentencing. Diddy’s attorneys requested the choose for a 14-month sentence, with Diddy already serving a yr behind bars since his arrest final September.
XXL has reached out to Diddy’s group for remark.
