Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced on Friday to just over four years in prison after being convicted on two counts under the Mann Act for transporting women across state lines to engage in prostitution. The sentence, delivered by Judge Arun Subramanian in a Manhattan courtroom, marked the end of a nearly two-month trial that brought to light years of abuse allegations involving two women: singer Cassie Ventura and another who testified under the alias Jane, the Washington Post reported.
The 50-month sentence was longer than the 14 months requested by Combs’s defence team, but far less than the 11 years prosecutors demanded. It was also below the sentence recommended in the official pre-sentencing report. Alongside his prison term, Combs was ordered to pay a $500,000 fine and will face five