Sean “Diddy” Combs will appear before a federal judge in Manhattan on Friday to be sentenced following his conviction earlier this year on federal prostitution-related charges.
Following the eight-week trial concluded in July, jurors cleared Combs of the most serious accusations; sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. The jury did, however, convict him on two charges of transporting people for prostitution. Judge Arun Subramanian now holds the task of deciding the penalty. Proceedings are set to begin at 10am eastern time.
Combs was accused of pressuring two former partners into drug-laced sexual encounters involving hired escorts. A conviction on the most severe counts could have put him in prison for life.
When he was acquitted of those allegations, he dropped to his knees in prayer. His lawyer said he had “been given his life back”.
But the guilty verdicts he did receive still each carry a maximum of 10 years in prison under the Mann Act, which forbids crossing state lines to facilitate prostitution. Prosecutors describe the conduct as grave offenses, while the defense has dismissed the charges as “fallback” counts that never should have gone forward.
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