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Music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs gets over 4 years in prison

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October 05, 2025

Hip-hop star guilty of prostitution-related charges, could have been jailed 20 years

Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced on Oct 3 to more than four years in prison over his conviction on prostitution-related charges, with the judge rebuking the hip-hop mogul for subjecting two former girlfriends to years of abuse.

Combs, 55, was stoic as US District Judge Arun Subramanian announced the 50-month sentence at the end of a daylong hearing in Manhattan federal court.

He could be released in less than three years after receiving credit for the time he has already spent locked up at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn since his Sept 16, 2024, arrest.

Combs had faced a maximum possible sentence of 20 years behind bars over his conviction in July on two counts of arranging for paid male escorts to travel across state lines to take part in drug-fuelled sexual performances with his girlfriends while he recorded video and masturbated.

The jury acquitted him on the more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking, which could have carried a life sentence.

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