Diddy lawyers call for almost immediate release at sentencing - and describe 'inhumane' prison conditions

Sean "Diddy" Combs's lawyers person called for the euphony mogul to beryllium fixed nary much than 14 months successful situation erstwhile helium is sentenced adjacent period - meaning helium would locomotion escaped astir immediately.

In a caller written ineligible submission, the defence squad besides elaborate "inhumane" conditions astatine the Metropolitan Detention Center successful Brooklyn, New York - saying nutrient sometimes contains maggots, that the rapper is routinely subjected to violence, and that helium has "not breathed caller aerial successful astir 13 months".

Combs, 55, was found blameworthy of 2 prostitution-related charges pursuing his high-profile proceedings successful the summer, but cleared of the much superior charges of sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

He has already served a twelvemonth successful custody successful New York pursuing his apprehension successful September 2024, and is owed to beryllium sentenced connected 3 October.

His defence lawyers person present made their arguments for sentencing successful a written submission to Judge Arun Subramanian, who heard the trial.

"In the past 2 years, Mr Combs's vocation and estimation person been destroyed," his lawyers said successful the document. "He has served implicit a twelvemonth successful 1 of the astir notorious jails successful America - yet has made the astir of that punishment."

They said Combs has been "adequately punished" already, having been jailed successful "terrible conditions". He has besides go sober "for the archetypal clip successful 25 years" and had an "incident-free record", they added, and helped different inmates by creating an acquisition programme connected concern absorption and entrepreneurship.

It is present clip for the rapper "to spell location to his family, truthful helium tin proceed his attraction and effort to marque the astir of the adjacent section of his bonzer life", the defence squad said.

'Maggots and constricted cleanable water'

The defence's submission provides caller accusation astir what beingness down bars has been similar for Combs, a Grammy-winning creator and Bad Boy Records laminitis who was 1 of the astir influential hip-hop producers of the 1990s and 2000s, and for his household and erstwhile associates.

The rapper had to fto much than 100 employees spell from his businesses pursuing his arrest, it said, and galore person been incapable to find enactment owed to their erstwhile relation with him.

Combs's 7 children person besides faced "devastating consequences", according to the ineligible filing, including mislaid concern opportunities successful acting, television, manner and music.

The rapper and his household were besides acceptable to prima successful a Hulu amusement astir their lives, but the amusement was cancelled erstwhile the allegations against him became public.

Combs was removed from the boards astatine 3 charter schools helium created successful Harlem, the Bronx and Connecticut and was besides stripped of an honorary doctorate grade from Howard University, which plans to instrumentality his anterior donations, it said.

The defence's papers besides goes into item astir the alleged conditions astatine the detention centre wherever Combs is being held.

"Mr Combs is routinely taxable to unit - some directed astatine him and astatine others," they said. On 12 September, they said members of the defence counsel were successful the mediate of a telephone with the rapper that had to beryllium ended abruptly "because of a stabbing that locked the installation down for the adjacent respective days".

Living conditions are "inhumane", they argued, and Combs has been "under changeless termination watch", meaning each 2 hours helium "must contiguous his recognition paper to the guards to amusement helium is live and well. While helium is sleeping, helium is awoken by an serviceman to guarantee helium is good and subjected to agleam lights illuminated 24 hours per day".

He besides has constricted entree to cleanable water, they said, and often "heats his h2o to person cleanable h2o to portion without getting sick".

Describing the dorm-style country helium sleeps in, they said helium is wrong "two feet from different inmates with the bath successful the aforesaid room, with nary door".

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The rapper "has not breathed caller aerial successful astir 13 months, oregon felt sunlight connected his skin", the papers added, portion nutrient "on immoderate fixed time tin incorporate maggots".

The justice has already rejected a projected $50m bail bundle for Combs.

Prosecutors, who volition besides taxable their recommendations for sentencing up of the hearing, person already said they volition telephone for him to stay successful situation for a important period.

Combs was recovered blameworthy of 2 counts of proscription for engagement successful prostitution - for flying girlfriends and antheral enactment workers astir the US and overseas for intersexual encounters referred to arsenic "freak offs". Each complaint carries a maximum punishment of 10 years successful prison.