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Judge Sentences Sean 'Diddy' Combs to 50 Months and $500,000 Fine in Mann Act Case

The judge said the term is meant to protect future victims after prosecutors pressed for a far longer prison sentence.

Overview

  • A federal jury earlier convicted Combs on two counts of transporting individuals for prostitution tied to organized encounters described as “freak-offs” and “hotel nights.”
  • Jurors acquitted him of sex‑trafficking and racketeering charges, leaving the Mann Act convictions to determine the punishment.
  • Witnesses, including singer Casandra Ventura (Cassie), testified to coercive and abusive experiences during those encounters.
  • Combs remains in custody with roughly a year credited toward the sentence, and reporting indicates he could remain imprisoned into 2028 based on time‑served calculations.
  • At sentencing he apologized and asked for clemency, as family and lawyers described efforts at self-improvement, and former protégé Aubrey O’Day urged young artists to guard against abuse of power.