Sean "Diddy" Combs' children have urged leniency for their father at the hip-hop mogul's sentencing over prostitution charges, telling a judge that he has become a better man in the year since his arrest on sex crimes charges.

"We aren't here to excuse any of his mistakes," Combs' 18-year-old daughter Jessie Combs said through tears.

"But your honour, he is still our dad, and we still need him present in our lives."

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 sen

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