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Despite scoring a major victory in his trial, music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs continues to fight feverishly for his freedom.
With the Bad Boy Founder’s sentencing just weeks away, Combs’ dream team of attorneys has made a major demand. According to ABC News, Combs’ “dream team” believes that his sentence should not exclude 14 months. Which would effectively give him time served.
Diddy, Lawyers Push for Time Served Ahead of Sentencing
In the memorandum sent to Judge Arun Subramanian, Diddy’s attorneys note that it’s “time for him to go home to his family.”
To bring things up to speed, Combs was facing life in prison. After being brought up on several charges, including sex trafficking, prostitution, and racketeering. Diddy was found not guilty of the more serious charges of racketeering and trafficking. But the prostitution charges could still land him behind bars for up to ten years.
However, the star’s attorneys warn that it would be “unlawful” to sentence him as if he were convicted of racketeering and trafficking.
“Mr. Combs must be sentenced for what the jury convicted him of. Interstate transportation of fully consenting adults with intent to engage in prostitution,” the statement reads. But it would be unlawful, and a perversion of justice, for the Court to sentence him as if the jury had convicted him of sex trafficking and RICO. Or to increase his sentence based on the Court’s own findings about force or coercion or racketeering.”
The filing also notes that the loss of Combs’ close friends, such as Biggie Smalls and his children’s mother, Kim Porter, contributed to his “substance abuse issues” and “anger” over the years.
“He lost many loved ones. Including his father, his best friend, Christopher Wallace—professionally known as Notorious B.I.G. As well as the love of his life and mother of four of his children, Kim Porter. And most recently, his mentor, Andre Harrell,” the filing adds. “These events were devastating, and for decades Mr. Combs struggled with serious substance abuse issues, anger and anxiety, and other flaws that he did not properly or professionally address until his incarceration last year.”
