Diddy pens a letter to the judge pleading for a ‘second chance’ before sentencing: ‘I promise I will not let you down’

The music mogul submitted a letter to the court before his sentencing on Friday following his conviction on two charges related to prostitution.

Diddy pleads with judge for leniency, stating that God has made him ‘stronger, wiser, clean, and sober’

Sean “Diddy” Combs requested leniency in a letter to a federal judge Arun Subramanian on Thursday before his sentencing for charges related to prostitution, stating that the criminal case had “humbled” him and he would “never commit a crime again.”

“This has been the hardest two years of my life, and I have no one to blame for my current reality and situation but myself,” Combs expressed in the letter that his attorneys filed just before his sentencing hearing.

After an eight-week trial this summer, Mr. Combs was found not guilty of accusations that he was involved in sex trafficking two former girlfriends and orchestrating a racketeering conspiracy. However, he was found guilty of transporting individuals for the purpose of engaging in prostitution, with charges connected to drug-fueled sex marathons with his girlfriends and male escorts, referred to as “freak-offs” or “hotel nights.”

“In my life, I have made many mistakes, but I am no longer running from them,” he wrote. “I am so sorry for the hurt that I caused, but I understand that the mere words ‘I’m sorry’ will never be good enough as these words alone cannot erase the pain from the past.”

Combs added: “Today, I humbly ask you for another chance.”

It was the first time Mr. Combs, who is known as Puff Daddy or Diddy, has made any substantial statement about his case.

In the letter, Mr. Combs apologized for physically abusing Casandra Ventura, one of the women at the center of the government’s case, who testified about his repeated beatings over their decade-long relationship. “I literally lost my mind,” Mr. Combs wrote. “I was dead wrong for putting my hands on the woman that I loved.”

In her personal letter to the judge, Cassie requested him to take into account “the many lives that Sean Combs has upended with his abuse and control.” She described her relationship with Mr. Combs as a “horrific decade of my life stained by abuse, violence, forced sex and degradation,” and said that she continues to fear for her safety.

Cassie Ventura and another woman, who took the stand under the pseudonym Jane, testified during the trial that they felt manipulated into repeated sexual encounters with hired men, whether because of physical abuse or financial pressure. After hearing Jane’s testimony, Mr. Combs wrote, “I realized that I hurt her. For this I am deeply sorry.”