Sean 'Diddy' Combs set to be sentenced, faces possibility of years in prison

NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs' sentencing hearing for a sordid criminal case involving his girlfriends and male sex workers opened Friday with prosecutors arguing the hip-hop mogul should be locked up for years while his children tearfully asked the judge to show mercy. Prosecutors want 11 years in prison for Combs, 55, who was convicted by jurors in July of flying people around the country for marathon sexual encounters. The jury acquitted him of more serious charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking that could have carried a life sentence. Combs' lawyers want him freed immediately, as he has already served more than a year in pre-trial detention. They were presenting their sentencing recommendation early Friday afternoon. His nearly two-month trial in a federal court in Manhattan featured testimony from women who described being beaten, threatened, sexually assaulted and blackmailed by Combs, who was expected to speak in court later Friday, after his children. Prosecutor Christy Slavik told U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian that not sentencing Combs to significantWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times