{"id":2068555,"date":"2025-10-04T10:46:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T10:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2068555"},"modified":"2025-10-04T10:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T10:46:13","slug":"october-3-2025-sean-diddy-combs-sentencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/october-3-2025-sean-diddy-combs-sentencing\/","title":{"rendered":"October 3, 2025: Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs sentencing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmgbe44lb00033b6npvbxa0s8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A defense attorney for Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs slammed the judge\u2019s sentence of his client of 50 months in prison as \u201cun-American\u201d in comments after the hearing today.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmgbgac4d00083b6n2vuca2w3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Brian Steel told celebrity.land he thinks the sentence \u201csends the wrong message\u201d and argued Combs was sentenced for conduct the jury did not find him guilty of.\n    <\/p>\n<aside data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/pull-quote\/instances\/cmgbgwdiq002r3b6nsk1jg4jk@published\" data-component-name=\"pull-quote\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" class=\"pull-quote_block-quote inline-placeholder\">\n            <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-sig-quote-default\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M9.277 6l.536.937c-1.224 1.12-1.584 2.961-1.6 4.236v.016h3.569v7.781H4v-6.103l.006-.02C4.037 10.014 6.287 6.874 9.276 6zm9.079 0l.536.937c-1.224 1.12-1.584 2.961-1.6 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was not convicted on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, the judge should not have considered those elements in his sentence.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmgbgac4d000c3b6n3ojrjduc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThere is no such corresponding element in the Mann Act,\u201d he said. \u201cThis was a very hard sentence.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmgbgac4d000d3b6n4fkm1ij4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Asked if he thought the judge was wrong, Steel said, \u201cWe\u2019ll find out on appeal.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmgbgac4d000e3b6nisuygnj3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The defense attorney said he talked to Combs after the sentencing but declined to give more details about their conversation or how his client was feeling. \u201cTwo years is an eternity in custody,\u201d Steel said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmgbgac4d000f3b6n2ba8xs5v@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Marc Agnifilo, another one of Comb\u2019s defense attorneys, said outside the courthouse that the legal team feels they have \u201cstrong basis to appeal.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<aside data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/pull-quote\/instances\/cmgbh3b50002t3b6nce9e2r3f@published\" data-component-name=\"pull-quote\" 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