Prosecutors Seek 11-Year Prison Sentence for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in Prostitution Case

Federal prosecutors have asked a New York judge to sentence Sean “Diddy” Combs to more than 10 years in prison after his conviction on two prostitution-related charges, arguing that the 55-year-old music mogul has shown little remorse.

“This is not a person who has accepted responsibility,” prosecutor Christy Slavik told the court Friday, urging an 11-year term. “His remorse was qualified. It’s as though he thinks the law doesn’t apply to him. His respect for the law is just lip service.”

Combs’s defense team has requested a lighter sentence of 14 months — effectively time served. Slavik countered that Combs’s plans to appear at Miami events next week reflected “the height of hubris.”

Judge Arun Subramanian noted that federal guidelines recommend six to seven years but acknowledged he has discretion to impose more or less. He also pointed to Combs’s combative stance during trial, saying the artist had “challenged his factual guilt full-throatedly.”

Combs, who has been held in Brooklyn for over a year, submitted a letter ahead of sentencing admitting he had “lost my way” and promising he “will never commit a crime again.” He was expected to address the court directly.

The July trial spared Combs life imprisonment after jurors acquitted him of sex trafficking and racketeering. Still, graphic testimony dominated proceedings, with former girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura alleging more than a decade of abuse.

Ventura, now 39, told the court she was coerced into so-called “freak-offs” with hired men and described footage shown in court of Combs assaulting her in 2016. “People watched this footage dozens of times, seeing my body thrown to the ground,” she wrote in a letter. Ventura said she continues to suffer flashbacks and fled New York for fear of retaliation.

Combs’s family, including his mother and six children, submitted letters of support. He insisted his prison experience has left him “humbled and broken to my core.”

The judge is expected to deliver a final ruling soon.