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Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, Breaking crime news. Now. I'm Jennifer Gould,

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Speaker 1: breaking news. The freak Off King's final fate has been sealed.

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Speaker 1: The gavel slammed down on one of hip hop's biggest moguls,

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Speaker 1: as Sean Diddy Combs was sentenced to fifty months minus

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Speaker 1: the fourteen months already served by US District Judge Aaron

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Speaker 1: Subramanian in a Manhattan courtroom that equals just a little

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Speaker 1: over four years. The defense, led by attorney Marc Agnifilo,

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Speaker 1: pleaded for the ultimate mercy, demanding a sentence of just

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Speaker 1: fourteen months time already served for Combs's immediate release from

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Speaker 1: MDC Brooklyn. Backed by an eleven minute video and letters

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Speaker 1: from his children, the defense highlighted Combs's jailhouse reform and

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Speaker 1: his status as a first time offender, calling the recommended

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Speaker 1: sentence quote draconian. Colmbs himself submitted a handwritten letter proclaiming

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Speaker 1: quote the old me died in jail end quote, and

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Speaker 1: personally addressed the court asking for leniency for his children's sake,

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Speaker 1: while claiming, quote, I take full responsibility and accountability for

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Speaker 1: my past wrongs end quote. In sharp contrast, assistant US

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Speaker 1: attorney Christy Slavic demanded a formidable term of at least

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Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty five months over eleven years. Slavic

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Speaker 1: immediately blasted Combs's remorse as performance, citing flight logs for

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Speaker 1: post sentencing speaking engagements as the quote height of Hubris

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Speaker 1: end quote. She insisted the sentence was crucial for accountability,

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Speaker 1: arguing Comb's committed serious federal crimes repeatedly over fifteen years.

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Speaker 1: Judge Supermanian, visibly skeptical, publicly ruled the moguls denial of

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Speaker 1: keyfacts quote flatly inconsistent with reality end quote before delivering

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Speaker 1: this sentence. Colms, held without bail since his September twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty four arrest, will now trade his mansions for a

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Speaker 1: federal cell. While the possibility is remote, speculation lingers that

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Speaker 1: a presidential pardon could inject a bizarre political layer into

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Speaker 1: the convicted mogul's future. In the meantime, His legal war, however,

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Speaker 1: is far from over. The conviction has simultaneously unleashed a

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Speaker 1: massive wave of civil litigation. Colmbs faces dozens of active lawsuits,

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Speaker 1: with attorneys preparing to file over one hundred and twenty

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Speaker 1: additional cases involving both male and female accusers, some reportedly

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Speaker 1: minors at the time. For the latest crime and justice news,

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Speaker 1: with this crime Alert. I'm Jennifer Gould.