Sean "Diddy" Combs has not fully expressed remorse for the conduct that led to his conviction on prostitution-related charges, a US judge says at the hip-hop mogul's sentencing hearing.

A jury on July 2 convicted Combs, 55, on two counts of arranging for paid male escorts to travel across state lines to take part in drug-fuelled sexual performances - sometimes known as "Freak Offs" - with Combs' girlfriends while he recorded video.

The jury acquitted him on the more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking, which could have earned him a life sentence.

Those charges hinged on prosecutors' accusation that Combs used violence and threats to coerce his girlfriends to take part in the encounters.

Combs' lawyers acknowledged he had physically abused his girlfriends but argued they

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