Sean "Diddy" Combs will be sentenced Friday for his sex-crimes conviction after a two-month trial that produced bombshell accusations of sexual and psychological abuse against the music mogul.

A jury convicted him on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, though he was acquitted on the more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking.

While Combs' defense team is seeking a 14-month sentence, prosecutors are hoping for a harsher punishment, lobbying the judge to hand down 11 years. Each of the counts holds a maximum sentence of 10 years, or 20 years total possible prison time. Both the music mogul's supporters and detractors have sent letters to the judge urging either a more lenient or harsher sentence. A previous request from the defense team for a new trial was denied.

But, like during the entirety of the trial, those who are eager to see inside the courtroom will have to continue to rely on sketches and dispatches from inside for the news of the day. Here's why:

Will the Diddy sentencing be televised?

No.

Unlike several other, similarly high-profile trials like those of Johnny Depp or O.J. Simpson, Combs' trial was not televised. Because Combs faces federal criminal charges, the presence of "electronic media" is expressly banned by a procedural rule passed in 1946.

Entitled Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, the statute bars both photographs and broadcasting from the courtroom of a federal criminal trial. R. Kelly's federal criminal trial, on similar charges, was also not televised.

Similarly, Combs' sentencing will not be televised either. However, USA TODAY will be livestreaming from outside of the courthouse, including after Combs' sentence is handed down.

How long could Diddy be in jail?

Combs' team has recommended that Judge Arun Subramanian hand down 14 months of prison time, while the prosecution is seeking an 11-year sentence. The music mogul is currently in custody at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center, where he has been held since his arrest in September 2024.

Ahead of the sentencing, both his supporters and detractors have made their voices heard, sending letters to the judge.

Ex-girlfriend Casandra "Cassie" Ventura Fine, who testified for four days straight in Combs' trial while nine months pregnant, revealed in her letter that she is "so scared" of if Combs "walks free" given the harrowing testimony she provided the court on their relationship. Other key witnesses, Capricorn Clark and Combs' unnamed former assistant? "Mia," also urged the judge to exercise caution.

Combs' supporters have been equally vocal. Earlier this month, several of the rapper's loved ones and colleagues, including City Girls emcee Yung Miami and producer Dallas Austin, wrote letters of support to Subramanian requesting "leniency" for the hip-hop mogul's sentence.

Contributing: Taijuan Moorman

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: How to watch the Diddy sentencing: Will there be a courtroom livestream?

Reporting by Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY / USA TODAY

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