Sean “Diddy” Combs has obtained letters from his kids and a few of their moms forward of his sentencing on October 3.
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The Dangerous Boy founder is ready to be sentenced subsequent Friday, which comes following his July conviction on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution. After pleading not responsible to all expenses, he was acquitted of intercourse trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.
In assist of Combs, his kids and some of his exes have come ahead to talk on the disgraced music mogul’s character, calling for his launch in newly-revealed letters to Decide Arun Subramanian. All six of Diddy’s eldest kids– Quincy, Justin, Christian, Probability, and twins D’Lila and Jessie–submitted letters on his behalf, along with his mom, Janice Combs, and exes Sharah Chapman, Yung Miami and Dana Tran. Diddy shares his youngest little one, daughter Love, 2, with Tran.
“This example has been actually onerous on all of us,” wrote Probability, 19, whom Diddy shares with Chapman. “It doesn’t really feel proper at residence with out him right here. We miss him each day, and I understand how a lot he desires to be with us and face this case responsibly. A few of my siblings wouldn’t have their mom and are actually lacking a father determine of their lives. We miss him deeply and want his presence, particularly now.”
Combs has been incarcerated at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Heart since his September 2024 arrest. Whereas he faces a most sentence of 20 years, his attorneys have argued that he ought to serve now not than 14 months. Since he has already spent over a 12 months behind bars, a 14-month sentence would imply he’s launched earlier than the tip of the 12 months.
Quincy, 34, is the son of singer Al B! Positive and the late Kim Porter, who handed away in 2018. After Porter’s break up from Positive, Diddy adopted Quincy, which he defined in his letter to the decide.
“I used to be round 4 years previous when my Pops got here into my life, and he has been the one father determine in my life for so long as I can keep in mind,” Quincy wrote, per Us Weekly. “He stepped in and stepped up as a father, at an essential time in my life, throughout my most youth, in a method that nobody else may have. He poured his love into me in a method that I couldn’t fairly acknowledge as a baby, a love that I’d solely obtained from ladies in my life. It was unconditional, secure and unwavering. It nonetheless is.”
Quincy went on to say that he hopes Combs is launched “instantly,” writing, “Past the unconditional love and assist he has offered to my siblings and I throughout our lifetime, my Pops has additionally at all times empowered us to develop into who we wish to be. Now, we’d prefer to assist and encourage him to develop into who he’d prefer to be in his subsequent chapter of life. He wants us, simply as a lot as we’d like him.”
“Since his absence, life has felt incomplete,” wrote Justin, 31, whom Diddy shares with ex Misa Hylton. “Every morning I get up praying it was only a nightmare.”
Christian, 27, echoed that very same sentiment, writing in his letter: “I’m asking you to please let my father out of jail! He doesn’t should be there and I do know this from the underside of my coronary heart!!”
Tran requested the decide to launch Diddy so he may spend extra time with their daughter, Love, who’s a toddler.
In her letter, Chapman claimed that Diddy has develop into “calmer and drug-free with a transparent thoughts” since his incarceration, writing, “He’s shared with me how he’s taken time to mirror on his previous and the adjustments he intends on making sooner or later, as soon as launched.”
As for Combs’ mom, Janice, she requested for “mercy” and cited her age, 84, as one motive she’s hoping for his launch, saying she desires to “spend the previous couple of years” of her life along with her solely little one.
“I don’t understand how for much longer I shall be round however I might love to have the ability to see him and his kids collectively once more,” she wrote.
Along with the character letters, Combs’ authorized crew additionally outlined their reasoning for why the rapper and producer deserves a extra lenient sentence.
“He has served over a 12 months in one of the crucial infamous jails in America—but has made essentially the most of that punishment,” his attorneys wrote, in accordance with stories from PEOPLE. “It’s time for Mr. Combs to go residence to his household, so he can proceed his therapy and attempt to benefit from the subsequent chapter of his extraordinary life. A sentence no larger than 14 months is plainly ‘enough, however not larger than obligatory’ to perform the needs of sentencing.”
