Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is making one remaining plea to be a free man, as he begged Decide Arun Subramanian for mercy simply hours earlier than his sentence is handed out, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Whereas the prosecution desires the disgraced rapper to spend the subsequent 11 years behind bars, Combs is going through a max of 20 years in jail.
In a brand new letter, dated Thursday, October 2, and obtained by RadarOnline.com, the music mogul begins off his plea by apologizing for his actions, and “for all the damage and ache that I’ve induced others by my conduct. I take full duty and accountability for my previous wrongs.
“This has been the toughest 2 years of my life, and I’ve nobody accountable for my present actuality and state of affairs however myself.”
Combs then references his assault on ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, an incident that was captured by cameras on the InterContinental Lodge in Century Metropolis, Los Angeles resort in 2016.
“The scene and pictures of me assaulting Cassie play time and again in my head each day,” Combs says in his letter. “I actually misplaced my thoughts. I used to be lifeless mistaken for placing my palms on the girl that I beloved. I am sorry for that and all the time will probably be. My home violence will all the time be a heavy burden that I must without end carry.”
The I am going to Be Lacking You hitmaker then touches on his time behind bars on the Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn, New York, the place he beforehand claimed he has “not breathed recent air in almost 13 months.”
Comb writes within the letter: “Jail is designed to interrupt you mentally, bodily, and spiritually. Over the previous yr, there have been so many instances that I needed to surrender. There have been some days I believed I’d be higher off lifeless. The outdated me died in jail, and a brand new model of me was reborn. Jail will change you or kill you – I select to reside.”
Nonetheless, in line with Combs, he has made a change, as he’s now “sober for the primary time in 25 years,” and spends his time “studying books, writing, figuring out, or in remedy acquiring the instruments and data to take care of my previous drug abuse and anger points.”
“One of the stunning issues I’ve skilled is being requested by my fellow inmates to show and mentor them,” he added.
Combs then mentions his seven youngsters, and writes, “I ask you for mercy right this moment, not just for my sake, however for the sake of my kids…. As I write you this letter, I’m scared to demise. Scared to spend one other second away from my mom and my kids. I not care in regards to the cash or the celebrity. There’s nothing extra vital to me than my household.”
He additionally informs the choose of all of the notable moments he has missed whereas locked up, writing, “I’ve missed my three daughters’ proms and graduations. I’ve missed taking one in all my daughters to school. I’ve misplaced the liberty to show my two-year-old the way to converse, dance, play, or be there to console her when she falls down or has a nightmare.”
As he concluded his letter, Combs begged for an additional likelihood.
He writes: “I’d ask Your Honor to make me an instance of what an individual can do if afforded a second likelihood. In the event you permit me to go house to my household, I promise I cannot allow you to down and I’ll make you proud.”
“At present, I humbly ask you for an additional likelihood – one other likelihood to be a greater father, one other likelihood to be a greater son, one other likelihood to be a greater chief in my group, and one other likelihood to reside a greater life,” he added.
“I’m penning this to not acquire any sympathy or pity. This expertise is just the reality of my existence and has modified my life without end, and I’ll by no means commit against the law once more…”
Combs faces as much as 20 years in jail after being discovered responsible of two felony counts of transportation to interact in prostitution. Nonetheless, he was discovered not responsible of racketeering and each fees of intercourse trafficking, which had been the extra critical fees.