Overview
- The sentence includes a $500,000 fine and five years of supervised release, with credit for time served since his September 2024 arrest.
- In July, a Manhattan jury acquitted Combs of racketeering and sex‑trafficking charges but convicted him on two counts of transporting people for prostitution.
- Prosecutors sought roughly 11½ years while the defense asked for about 14 months, and the judge deemed the government’s request unreasonable yet rejected arguments that the conduct was consensual.
- Combs apologized in court and in a letter to the judge, but the court said he had not accepted responsibility for the offenses of conviction.
- No victims spoke at the hearing after an expected statement was withdrawn, and the defense said it will appeal the sentence.