A New York judge has sentenced disgraced music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs to four years and two months' prison following his conviction for prostitution-related crimes earlier this year.

Combs was convicted in July of two offences under the US's "Mann Act" , which criminalises transporting people across state lines for sex work.

He had arranged for paid sexual encounters between two of his girlfriends and male sex workers at marathon sex parties he called "freak-offs" .

The prosecution had sought a jail term of 11 years and three months, and a $US500,000 ($758,000) fine. They said Combs had shattered his victims' lives, and the case had highlighted a pattern of violence that needed appropriate punishment.

But Combs's lawyers had argued that he had already suffered enough. They request

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