‘Unrepentant’ Diddy Should Get 11-Year Sentence, Prosecutors Say

Sean “Diddy” Combs could spend the next 11 years in federal prison if prosecutors get their way.

In a sentencing memorandum filed late Monday, Sept. 29, the prosecution recommended Combs be sentenced to 135 months — or 11 years and 3 months — on his Mann Act convictions for transporting individuals across state lines for prostitution.

Prosecutors said they presented “extensive evidence” during the music mogul’s seven-week criminal trial, showing he has a history of “violence, domestic abuse, drug use and distribution, and bribery.”

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In Monday night’s 164-page filing obtained by Urban Hollywood 411, the prosecution urged Judge Arun Subramanian to hand down a “substantial” sentence this Friday, “because the defendant is unrepentant.”

“Defendants who perpetrate violations of the Mann Act involving such violence and fear regularly face significant penalties,” prosecutors added. “The defendant should be no exception—particularly when his history and characteristics demonstrate years of abuse and violence.”

On July 2, a Manhattan jury acquitted 55-year-old Combs of the most serious racketeering and sex trafficking charges in the case.

But he was convicted on two lesser transportation to engage in prostitution counts, involving his ex-girlfriends, R&B singer Cassie Ventura, and a social media influencer using the pseudonym “Jane Doe.” The judge denied his bail request after the verdict.

The prosecution said in Monday’s filing Cassie “still has nightmares,” and “permanent scars” from a decade of abuse. They cited testimony from the trial and the surveillance video that showed Diddy kicking and dragging Cassie down the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel after a “freak off” sex session with a male prostitute.

Prosecutors said the mogul also “abused and exploited” his employees and the sentence should reflect “his history and
pattern of violence.”

The prosecution detailed multiple allegations of abuse made during the trial by Cassie, Jane, Diddy’s former assistant Capricorn Clark, his ex-stylist Deonte Nash, his former assistant using the pseudonym “Mia,” and they mentioned Scott Mescudi, aka rapper Kid Cudi, whose car was blown up.

Defense Sentencing Request
Diddy’s attorneys have asked that he be sentenced to time served or the year that he has been jailed since he was arrested on Sept. 16, 2024.

At a hearing on Thursday, Sept. 25, the defense urged the judge to overturn the mogul’s two Mann Act convictions or grant him a new trial.

Defense attorney Alexandra Shapiro said Combs was only “a consumer of amateur porn,” and did not benefit financially from his girlfriends engaging in sex with male escorts, as the rapper and producer watched, recorded and pleasured himself.

The sentencing memorandum, noted that the defense has brought in two psychiatrists to evaluate the Bad Boy Records founder, and they concluded that he has been “rehabilitated.” But prosecutors said those findings were “unreliable.”

Meanwhile, the mogul’s friends and family members recently wrote the judge letters urging leniency, including Diddy’s mother Janice Combs, his children, former BET executive Stephen Hill, and music producer Stevie J.

“On December 21, I will be 85 years old,” Janice Combs wrote. “I would like to spend the last few years of my life with my son, Sean.”

At Thursday’s hearing, Combs tried to reassure his family members who were there.

“I appreciate y’all. I love y’all so much,” he said. “Don’t worry about nothing. No matter what it is. I’m going to deal with whatever it is.”

Judge Subramanian said he would hand down a ruling “very shortly,” but five days have passed without a decision.

Combs is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday, Oct. 3. Each prostitution count carries a maximum sentence of ten years.

In Monday night’s filing, prosecutors included statements from several of the mogul’s alleged victims, calling for the maximum sentence. Their statements are below:

Cassie Ventura (Diddy’s Ex-Girlfriend)
“I hope that your sentencing decision reflects the strength it took for victims of Sean Combs to come forward. I hope that your decision considers the many lives that Sean Combs has upended with his abuse and control.”

Regina Ventura (Cassie’s mother):
“To sentence lightly in this case that involved such vicious abuses of our daughter[’]s body, safety and dignity is to dismiss her very existence. To sentence lightly would also send a dangerous message. A sentence that is handed down in months instead of years, sends a message that such repulsive behavior can happen
without meaningful consequence.”

Capricorn Clark (Diddy’s Former Assistant)
“I am afraid that Women and Girls in America feel less protected than ever watching what just happened… The last ray of light is that you provide justice to us. You have a chance to finally help him know that he cannot just do what he wants to people. There are repercussions and consequences.”

Deonte Nash (Diddy and Cassie’s former stylist)
“Survivors deserve safety, the public deserves protection, and justice demands accountability. These are the voices of real people whose lives have been permanently altered by the defendant’s insatiable need for power and sexual gratification.”

Mia (Diddy’s Former Assistant)
“Your Honor, I ask that you do justice through the sentence that you impose on October 3, 2025. The defendant’s wealth, power, and fame should not place him above the law. These forces have shielded him for too long.

“I ask you to deliver a sentence that reflects the full measure of harm that he has caused: the years of coercion, financial abuse, humiliation, physical and sexual violence, and the profound trauma that he has inflicted as a result. I ask you to deliver a sentence that takes into account the ongoing danger my abuser poses to me, and to others.”