A jury convicted Sean 'Diddy' Combs (55) on two counts of arranging for paid male escorts to travel across state lines to take part in drug-fueled sexual performances. Photograph: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
A New York federal judge has sentenced Sean “Diddy” Combs to four years and two months in prison following his conviction this summer on federal prostitution-related charges.
The sentencing on Friday in Manhattan came after a federal jury in July acquitted the 55-year-old music mogul of the most serious charges against him – racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking – but found him guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. Each count carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Combs, who has been held at the Brooklyn metropolitan detention centre since his arrest in September 2024, had pleaded not guilty to all of the charges brought against him.
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