'I love you, forgive me': The actions Sean 'Diddy' Combs did the moment he discovered his sentence.

Courtroom sketch

A quarter year earlier, Sean "Diddy" Combs dropped to the ground in a New York court after a tribunal found him not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering charges.

"I'm going back home," he stated, rotating to see his loved ones, who had supported him every day the court case.

This past Friday, a subdued version of the music industry titan sat expressionless and motionless in his position, as the magistrate ruled against him to in excess of 48 months in prison.

Once the judge completed announcing his judgment, the entertainer peered over his shoulder at his family and looked to silently form the words: "I love you, I'm sorry."

This marked a solemn instant to mark the end of a disorderly 56-day legal proceeding that irrevocably transformed the public's image of Combs - formerly a globally recognized music star.

Trial Exhibits

The panel viewed disturbing recordings of Combs' so-called "freak offs" - sex parties he had filmed including paid male companions and his former partner Cassandra Ventura and "Jane", an unidentified complainant.

Furthermore they witnessed a footage that had previously circulated widely, of him assaulting Ventura in a hotel hallway.

Legal Outcomes

In July, a jury of twelve citizens cleared the 55-year-old of sex trafficking and racketeering charges - potentially leading to permanent imprisonment - but determined him responsible for arranging transport for prostitution purposes.

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Family members arriving for sentencing

On Friday, Judge Subramanian told a disheartened Combs that his wrongdoings and maltreatment of his past romantic interests merited four years and two months in incarceration.

As he told the court that Combs had used his fame and power to "dominate" his complainants, the music mogul failed to raise his eyes, remaining expressionless for the magistrate's twenty-minute address.

His contingent of more than three dozen loved ones were crowded into the court chamber following him.

Courtroom Debates

His lawyers anticipated he would be released from incarceration in a short period, asking the court for a sentence of 14 months, thirteen of those he had earlier fulfilled.

State attorneys had charged Combs of operating an illegal organization to pressure women toward unwanted and drug-fuelled sex acts.

Even though he was cleared of those most severe accusations, trafficking and organized crime, they had sought a judgment of in excess of a decade in detention.

Judicial Sessions

Over the course of the day-long proceeding, the court listened to hours of speeches from several of his attorneys, his sons and daughters, a clergyman and a criminal justice reform advocate who informed the court that Combs was a reformed and substance-free person since detention.

Furthermore they observed a assembled recording from his legal team featuring him with his sons and daughters as well as the burial ceremony for his past romantic interest Kim Porter, the mother of some of his children who passed away in 2018.

Complainant Consequences

But the court did not hear from the victims themselves, following an individual who intended to address the court, Mia, a ex-employee of Combs who testified anonymously, withdrew following the attorneys prepared a correspondence calling her a liar.

Subramanian thanked the "strong women" who had the courage to come forward with the claims regarding Combs, stating they weren't simply testifying to 12 men and women in the jury box".

In lieu of their own statements on Friday, Subramanian read several of the victims' remarks from testimony, stating to Combs: "These were serious offences that permanently damaged two women."

Combs' Address

Combs himself addressed the tribunal initially since the beginning of his trial.

Releasing a substantial breath prior to rising to deliver his statement, he pleaded with the judge for "mercy".

He perused wearing spectacles from a sheet positioned ahead, trying to maintain eye contact with the court official during his statement: "I have nobody to blame but myself."

He began crying as he rotated to look at his relatives and inform his maternal parent: "I let you down as an offspring."

Family Testimony

It was not the first time tears were shed during the proceeding.

Many of Combs' supporters shed tears during six children's came to the podium to ask the judge for a reduced term, stating they depended on their dad.

The female and male offspring huddled together with their arms wrapped around each other as several of them cried while speaking the court official.

Ruling Basis

The judge said during his sentencing that he had accounted for Combs' family ties, but stated he must also consider the harm he had inflicted to his duo of accusers.

The crimes were serious, he added, observing they occurred despite a federal investigation and the leak of a video depicting him assaulting Ventura in the corridor of lodging establishment.

"A history of good works cannot erase your record," he said.

Closing Statements

Yet, he addressed a disheartened Combs, who multiple times lifted his head and breathed deeply, there was optimism after his detention term.

"Mr. Combs, your household, you are going to get through this," he said.

When the judge was done giving his speech, Combs provided a swift gesture to his dozens of family members and friends, before moving unobtrusively via the doorway to be transported to a national correctional institution in Brooklyn.