NEW YORK (AP) — Speaking at his sentencing hearing in New York, Sean “Diddy” Combs apologized and called his past behavior “disgusting, shameful” and “sick.”

The hip-hop mogul told the judge Friday that his domestic violence is a burden that he will have to carry for the rest of his life.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs ‘ sentencing hearing opened Friday with prosecutors pushing for a long prison term while his children tearfully asked the judge for mercy in a sordid criminal case involving the hip-hop mogul’s girlfriends and male sex workers.

Prosecutors want an 11-year sentence for Combs , 55, who was convicted in July of flying people across state lines for drug-fueled marathon sexual encounters. Jurors acquitt

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