Sean “Diddy” Combs makes a definitive plea for grace while confronted with conviction in his federal case.
Less than 24 hours before he will appear in court, the music magnate submitted a letter of four pages to Judge Arun Subramanian, with deeply regret and asked for clementia.
“First and foremost, I want to apologize and say how sincere I am sorry for all the pain and pain that I have caused by my behavior,” Combs wrote.
“I take full responsibility and responsibility for my mistakes from the past.”
He admitted that his apology cannot undo the damage and acknowledges that saying “I’m sorry” never “will be good enough” because those words “cannot delete the pain from the past.”
Thinking about the last 13 months behind bars, he said: “The scene and images of me who play cassie games daily in my head. I literally lost my mind.”
In the letter, Combs described how the prison forced him to confront his mistakes.
“I lost my way. I got lost in my journey. Frazed in the drugs and the excess. My downfall was rooted in my egoism. I am humble and broken to my core,” he admitted.
He revealed that he fought hopelessness in prison during his time.
“In the past year there are so often that I wanted to give up. There was some days that I thought I would be better off. The old I died in prison and a new version of me was reborn. The prison will change or kill you, I choose to live for it.”
The 54-year-old also emphasized his desire to be present for his family.
“Today I humble you to be a new chance, another chance to be a better father, another chance to be a better son, another chance to be a better leader in my community and another chance to lead a better life,” he said.
He emphasized that his words were not for pity, but an honest reflection of his journey, and added: “This experience is just the truth of my existence and has changed my life forever and I will never commit a crime again.”
Earlier in the week, public prosecutors drove to the court to order Kammen to at least 11 years in prison for two prostitution transport counts.
His legal team went against and insisted on a punishment of 14 months, which would be released by the end of the year, taking into account the time that was already served.
Judge Subramanian denied the earlier request from Combs for a new trial or acquittal.
