Overview

• The court is expected to announce Sean Combs’s sentence today at a federal hearing in Manhattan.
• A jury in July convicted Combs on two counts of transportation for the purpose of prostitution and acquitted him of sex trafficking and extortion conspiracy.
• Prosecutors have asked for a prison term of at least 11 years, while the defense has urged a 14‑month sentence.
• Legal analysts cited by Forbes anticipate a range of roughly five to seven years, short of the statutory maximum.
• Family members, including his mother and several of his children, joined supporters outside the courthouse, with some waiting since Wednesday.