SEAN “Diddy” Combs’ defence team has posted a bizarre video showcasing the music mogul as a “do-gooder” ahead of his sentencing.
The nearly 12-minute video features dozens of clips of a disgraced Combs playing with children, helping the elderly and handing out money.
The music mogul, 55, is facing a maximum of 20 years behind bars after he was found guilty on two prostitution charges in July.
His team have tried all they can to make sure he is let off with a lighter sentence – even campaigning for him to serve just two years in jail.
The video marks a last minute plea for freedom.
It is reportedly set to be played in court later today to help prove Combs’ good nature despite his convictions.
The video starts with a black screen as the words “Sean Combs” flash up on the screen.
Several clips of the Bad Boy Records creator playing with his young children from past years are then shown.
Combs is pictured up posing for photos alongside firefighters, shopkeepers and up and coming music producers.
The footage quickly paints a picture of Combs – a convicted criminal – as a beloved father and honourable member of the community.
All of the final four minutes are of Combs with his loved ones.
In one segment, the rapper is seen in tears across several videos as he speaks about his family.
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Videos from his smiling children then appear as they thank Combs for “being so supportive”.
The video ends with all his children saying: “I love you so much.”
It comes as the music mogul begged Manhattan Judge Arun Subramanian for mercy in a four-page apology letter ahead of his sentencing.
He apologised “for all of the hurt and pain that I have caused”.
Adding that he is now a reformed man following over a year of being incarcerated in a Brooklyn jail.
Combs wrote: “I literally lost my mind. I’m sorry for that and always will be.
“My domestic violence will always be a heavy burden that I will have to forever carry.”
He was referencing an assault on his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, which formed part of the bombshell trial.
In his grovelling letter, Combs blamed his actions on drugs.
“I lost my way. My downfall was rooted in my selfishness. I have been humbled and broken to my core,” he penned.
“The old me died in jail and a new version of me was born. Prison will change you or kill you – I choose to live.”
His fellow inmates have even handed in glowing handwritten testimonials in favour of Combs after the rapper spent his time inside hosting classes.
The 55-year-old has reportedly been running a weekly session called “Free Game with Diddy.”
Inmates say it covers everything from entrepreneurship to health advice, while also giving them a chance to “pick his brain” about fame and money.
Douglas Welch, 42, told Judge Subramanian that Combs “brings love into the Unit” and claimed the class pushed him to go “harder at my health journey”.
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BY Georgie English, Foreign News Reporter
MANY had believed the disgraced music mogul would be given life in prison over racketeering and sex trafficking charges back in July.
But when the verdicts were read out Combs fell to his knees in glee after being acquitted of the two most damaging allegations.
The New York jury did find the Bad Boy rapper, 55, guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
But with each count carrying just a maximum 10-year prison sentence and no minimum, Combs’ legal team sighed a breath of relief in the courtroom.
As arguably the trial of the century kicked off earlier this year many had thought Combs had next to no chance of getting off so lightly.
The majority of federal cases end in a conviction and with “freak off” revelations, baby oil hauls and disturbing claims all being made public at trial, the case seemed simple to most.
But as the final judgments were made and Combs mouthed to his family he’ll be “home soon”, questions emerged around how he escaped a severe punishment.
Many believed the fault lies with the prosecution for aiming too high with their charges.
They lobbied for a complicated racketeering case that is typically reserved for the most high profile mob bosses.
The burden of proof needed to convict a criminal on such charges will always be tough to reach due to the repercussions of life behind bars.
And as the prosecution scrambled to keep the music producer locked up with a myriad of witnesses and claims, the defence simply played down the seriousness of Combs’ crimes.
Combs’ defence had always remained firm in their admission of some form of guilt from the very start of the trial.
His lawyer Teny Geragos made an extraordinary admission in her opening statement in court as she described Combs as a domestic abuser with a vicious temper.
Geragos put it on the first day: “It is evidence of domestic violence. But it is not evidence of sex trafficking.”
As the trial continued, the defence remained adamant that all the pieces of evidence were simply painting a picture of a disturbed individual rather than a calculated criminal.
Marc Agnifilo, the mogul’s attorney, even said in his eyes Combs was simply living a “swinger’s lifestyle”.
Another inmate, Quinton Davis, said the sessions included “business Management, entrepreneurship and life skills,” adding that Combs had even encouraged the group to use “AI and Chat GPT.”
“It’s a key factor and inside scoop on how Mr. Combs started from nothing and became the icon-business mogul he is today,” Davis explained.
Back in July, Combs was the focus of a shocking near eight-week trial around his criminal actions across decades in the music industry.
He was convicted of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution but acquitted of his most serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking.
He now faces up to 20 years behind bars as the maximum sentence.
But prosecutors have only argued he should face up to 11 years in jail in total.
