• Sean "Diddy" Combs is due to be sentenced Friday in federal court in Manhattan. • Evidence of violence and drugs could count against him despite sex-trafficking and RICO acquittals. • Prosecutors want an 11-year sentence; defense lawyers want 14 months — essentially time served.
Sean "Diddy" Combs was visibly elated when a jury cleared him of sex trafficking and racketeering charges in a Manhattan courtroom last July.
He slid from his chair to the floor at the defense table, kneeling as if in prayer, then rose to his feet, beaming.
"Love you! Love you! Love you!" the rap entrepreneur yelled, turning to face his cheering children and his sobbing mother. "I'm gonna be home soon!"
On Friday, he'll find out if he can keep that promise.
Combs is set to be sentenced for what the jury