Sean Combs seeks 14 months sentence, citing ‘serious problems of substance abuse’

Sean Combs He appealed for “justice” before his sentence on October 3, arguing in a new petition that deserves no more than 14 months in prison for his two criminal convictions for transport for prostitution.

In the 182-page sentence memorandum presented on Monday shortly before the midnight period, the lawyers of Combs told their life story in an apparent attempt to obtain mercy, saying that Combs He fought as a child after his father was murdered when he was only three years old. They argued that the loss caused a “deep form of trauma” that prepared the ground for the problems of abuse of substances with which Combs He fought during his admittedly violent relationships with the two ex-girlfriends involved in his convictions.

“For decades, Mr. Combs He fought with serious problems of substance abuse, anger and anxiety, and other flaws that he did not approach adequately or professionally until his prison last year, ”said the document obtained by Rolling Stone. “Like all addict, his behavior while under painkillers was erratic and unpredictable, and often the reason behind any aggressions discussed in the trial.”

Their lawyers also attached more than 75 support letters from family and friends, including the mother of Combs, Janice; Your sister Keisha; its three teenage daughters, Chance, Jessie and D’lila; and DANA TRANMother of the two -year -old daughter Combs, Love.

Combs55, he was convicted of two criminal accusations on July 2 after a nine -week trial. The jurors rejected a trio of more serious accusations, concluding that prosecutors failed to prove that Combs He directed an organized crime conspiracy or sexually trafficked two ex-girlfriends. The acquittals meant that Combs It no longer faced the possibility of life imprisonment. At the time, the tycoon raised his fist and fell to his knees while celebrating in court.

The two accusations of prostitution, violations of a centenary law known as Lei Manncarry a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison. For their part, the prosecutors previously estimated that the Combs It was around four to five years behind the bars. Your formal recommendation could be much higher when you have your sentence petition due on September 29.

Combswho fulfilled a year in custody, argued in his petition that a review of more than 60 other cases of the Lei Mann determined that the average sentence was 14.9 months of imprisonment. Combs and his lawyers claimed that it would be “illegal and a perversion of justice” if the court increased the judgment in addition to 14 months based on “the Court’s own conclusions on force or coercion or organized crime.”

Federal judges are not required to follow the guidelines. In the southern district of New York, the judges followed the guidelines 34.5% of the time in the last fiscal year, according to the US Sentence Commission.

The American District Judge Arun Subramanian It will have wide latitude in the sentence of October 3, and it is unclear how it will decide. But on the day of the verdict, when many speculated that the acquittal of Combs in the main accusations would lead to its immediate release under the pending sentence, the judge Subramanian adopted a hard line. He denied the release based on the fact that the defense of Combs admitted during the trial that Combs was violent with his former parcege Casandra “Cassie” Venturaand a more recent ex-girlfriend who witnessed under the pseudonym Jane. In his final argument, the main defense lawyer Mark agnifilo I explicitly said to the jurors that the defense was not contesting women’s allegations of domestic violence.

“In terms of assuming, just as a matter of personal responsibility … assuming domestic violence, we assumed. It happened,” he said Agnifile to the panel in his final speech on June 27. “If he were charged with domestic violence, we would not all be here having a trial, because he would have declared himself guilty – because he did it.”

Rejecting the attempted immediate bail on July 2, Subramanian pointed to the disturbing video of the aggression of Harshness put Combs in 2016 within the now closed Hotel Intercontinental de Los Angeles before sending a Combs apparently stunned back to custody. Assuming a serious tone, Subramanian He also noticed that the video was not the only violence recognized for the defense. He pointed to the days that Harshness passed at London Hotel in Los Angeles to recover after Combs Supposedly trampled his face in a vehicle. “Obviously, there was some physical event, and she had injuries, right? So she goes to the hotel for both her own good and anyone else,” he said Agnifile to the jurors about the fight that took Harshness to London Hotel.

“This type of violence, which happens to closed doors in personal relationships, caused by unpredictable outbreaks of anger, is impossible to police with conditions,” the judge said on July 2. Turning to the incident of June 2024 at the house of Janewhere, according to Agnifile, Combs Admittedly kicked Jane And contained it “by the neck” during an explosive fight, the judge highlighted the timing. He noted that the incident came after the houses of Combs were invaded by the federal authorities in March 2024. “At a time when [Combs] He should have known that he needed to stay clean, ”the tycoon instead showed“ a disrespect for the rule of law and the propensity for violence, ”said the judge.

Combs He has been detained at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) since his arrest last September. In a separate motion scheduled for audience later this week, Combs He is asking his conviction to be annulled as a matter of law or that he is tried again only by the accusations of prostitution.

In its written opposition, presented on August 20, the federal prosecutors said that the motion of Combs It should fail because there was “wide evidence to support the condemnation of the jury.” They said that Combs transported Harshness, Jane and multiple male commercial sex workers to engage in threesome, variedly nicknamed “freak offs” and “hotel nights”, which he directed and often recorded.

“The defendant was the mentor of all aspects of the freak offs. He transported escorts through state lines to get involved in payment offs for payment. He directed the sexual activity of companions and victims during the freak offs for his own sexual gratification. And he personally got involved in sexual activity during the freak offs,” they wrote. “Although the defendant may want to confine his participation to mere voyeurism, he was actually an active participant in sexual activity.”

Prosecutors criticized the allegations of Combs that he was an amateur porn producer who should be protected by the first amendment. “Far from acting as an adult film producer or director, the defendant did not provide early warning that he could film the sexual meeting and did not seek participants to be filmed,” they wrote in their August 20 petition. “In fact, multiple participants specifically didn’t want to be filmed.”

This article was originally published by Rolling Stone USA by Nancy Dillon on September 23, 2025, and can be checked here.

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