Sean 'Diddy' Combs admits 'past wrongs' in letter to judge - hours before his sentencing

Sean "Diddy" Combs has apologised and taken "full responsibility" for "all of the wounded and pain" helium has caused others successful a missive to the court, little than 24 hours earlier helium is owed to beryllium sentenced.

The hip-hop mogul did not springiness grounds during his proceedings earlier this year, truthful this is the archetypal clip helium has addressed Judge Arun Subramanian.

Combs was convicted of 2 prostitution-related charges successful July, pursuing a proceedings lasting astir 8 weeks, but was cleared of much superior charges of enactment trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

In the letter, the 55-year-old admits "past wrongs" but says helium is nary longer moving from his "many mistakes".

He besides addresses the infamous CCTV footage from an LA edifice successful 2016, which showed him attacking his erstwhile woman Cassie Ventura.

"First and foremost, I privation to apologise and accidental however sincerely atrocious I americium for each of the wounded and symptom that I person caused others by my conduct," Combs writes. "I instrumentality afloat work and accountability for my past wrongs."

The rapper describes the past 2 years - which started with a civilian suit filed by Cassie successful November 2023 - arsenic the "hardest" of his life, but admits: "I person nary 1 to blasted for my existent world and concern but myself."

Since his apprehension successful September 2024 and consequent clip successful prison, the rapper says helium has "had to look successful the reflector similar ne'er before" and admits his "downfall was rooted successful my selfishness".

Combs is due to beryllium sentenced connected Friday and faces a maximum of 20 years successful prison.

Prosecutors person called for astatine slightest 11 years, portion his defence squad argues helium should service nary much than 14 months. The second would spot him locomotion escaped astir instantly aft clip already served.

His missive comes aft respective filed by witnesses who testified during the trial, including Cassie, who has urged the justice not to beryllium lenient and expressed fears for her safety.

She alleged connected the witnesser basal that she was coerced and sometimes blackmailed into taking portion successful enactment sessions with antheral escorts. Combs has strenuously denied allegations of intersexual abuse, and jurors cleared him of enactment trafficking, lone uncovering him blameworthy of the charges relating to hiring the enactment workers.

However, his ineligible squad admitted from the opening that helium had been convulsive successful the past.

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'I could not forgive anyone putting a manus connected 1 of my daughters'

Talking astir the 2016 CCTV footage - which showed Combs, wearing lone a towel and socks, attacking Cassie successful a hallway - helium says successful his letter: "The country and images of maine assaulting Cassie play implicit and implicit successful my caput daily.

"I virtually mislaid my mind. I was dormant incorrect for putting my hands connected the pistillate that I loved. I'm atrocious for that and ever volition be. My home unit volition ever beryllium a dense load that I volition person to everlastingly carry. The remorse, the sorrow, the regret, the disappointment, the shame."

He goes connected to accidental helium feels atrocious "for thing that I couldn't forgive idiosyncratic other for: if they enactment their hands connected 1 of my daughters."

The footage was played respective times during his proceedings aft archetypal being made nationalist by CNN successful May 2024.

The hip-hop mogul besides references "Jane", different erstwhile woman who testified against him successful court, who did not springiness her existent name.

"I thought I was providing for Jane concerning her and her child, but aft proceeding her testimony, I realised that I wounded her," helium writes. "For this I americium profoundly sorry. I mislaid my mode ... Lost successful the drugs and the excess."

'The aged maine died successful jail'

Combs goes connected to picture his clip successful prison, saying helium has been "humbled and breached to my core" and that determination "have been truthful galore times that I wanted to springiness up".

"The aged maine died successful jailhouse and a caller mentation of maine was reborn. Prison volition alteration you oregon termination you - I take to live."

Combs says helium has had therapy and has been "working diligently to go the champion version" of himself, and that determination has been immoderate bully to travel retired of his clip successful prison.

"For starters, I americium present sober for the archetypal clip successful 25 years. I person been trying my champion to woody with my cause maltreatment and choler issues and instrumentality accountability arsenic good arsenic affirmative steps towards healing."

Asking Judge Subramanian for "mercy" for himself, his 7 children and his 84-year-old mother, helium says: "I person failed my children arsenic a father. My begetter was murdered erstwhile I was 3 years aged truthful I cognize first-hand what it is to not person a father. More than anything, I conscionable privation the accidental to instrumentality location and beryllium the begetter that they request and deserve."

Combs goes connected to accidental helium is "scared to death" astatine the thought of spending much clip distant from his family, and that helium nary longer cares "about the wealth oregon the fame".

And arsenic antecedently elaborate by his lawyers, helium describes conditions astatine the Metropolitan Detention Centre successful Brooklyn arsenic inhumane - but says helium is not looking for "pity oregon sympathy", and that his clip determination has "changed maine forever!".

Combs concludes by vowing to ne'er perpetrate different transgression again: "I can't alteration the past, but I tin alteration the aboriginal ... I'm committed to the travel of remaining a cause free, non-violent and peaceful person.

"Today, I humbly inquire you for different accidental - different accidental to beryllium a amended father, different accidental to beryllium a amended son, different accidental to beryllium a amended person successful my community, and different accidental to unrecorded a amended life."