Sean "Diddy" Combs in 2022. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Sean “Diddy” Combs made an impassioned plea to the judge who oversaw his trial in a letter on Thursday, one day before Combs is set to be sentenced after being convicted in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
“I lost my way. I got lost in my journey. Lost in the drugs and the excess. My downfall was rooted in my selfishness. I have been humbled and broken to my core,” Combs wrote, adding, “The old me died in jail and a new version of me was reborn. Prison will change you or kill you—I choose to live.”
Each count for which Combs was convicted carries a maximum sentence of ten years in prison. He was acquitted of the more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.
Combs’ federal crim