The US rapper Sean “Diddy“Combs has been sentenced to four years and two months in prison for sex criminal offenses. Judge Arun Subramanian stated the sentence in New York on Friday for a total of 50 months. In addition, Combs was sentenced to a fine of $ 500,000 (around 426,000 euros).
With the sentence of a good four years, the judge remained significantly behind the public prosecutor’s request after more than eleven years in prison for the 55-year-old. Combs’ defense, on the other hand, had applied for a significantly lower prison sentence of a maximum of 14 months. The charges had accused the rapper of forced women with threats and violence to participate in drug and sex parties.
The rapper asked the judge at the end of the trial opened five months ago for a mild judgment. Combs said shortly before the prison of punishment, he was “really sorry”, and he asked the judge for “grace”.
Process against Diddy
The US music star was arrested in New York in September 2024 and, among other things, was charged with serious crimes such as human trafficking and membership in a criminal organization. The application for deposit was rejected. The judiciary feared influence on witnesses.
In the spring of 2025, the trial against the music mogul in Manhattan began. Witnesses reported so-called “freak-offs”: wild sex parties in which Combs paid women, committed men, enjoyed and filmed. The indictment saw this a system of abuse of power, the defense spoke of mutually acceptable escapades.
P. Diddy receives the sentence for two blows
After weeks full of explosive statements and a video that went around the world in which Diddy in 2016 his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura beat up, the jury withdrew in summer. On July 2, 2025, her judgment was made. The jury freely spoke about the serious allegations of human trafficking and participation in a criminal organization.
In two cases, however, he was spoken guilty: because of “promotion to prostitution”. It was about his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, and another woman who had brought Combs to meet, according to the jury, who were considered forced prostitution. If the rapper had been found guilty on all points, he would have threatened a lifelong imprisonment.
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