Disgraced Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs booked a speaking arrangement in Miami on Monday under the assumption he’d be a free man, his sentencing hearing was told.
The sleazy rapper, 55, faces up to 20 years behind bars for prostitution offenses, but on Friday morning prosecutor Mary Slavik suggested he was feeling optimistic.
‘(Diddy) booked speaking arrangements in Miami for next week,’ Slavik told the hushed Manhattan Federal Courthouse.
‘That is the height of hubris,’ she said, adding that it showed he was ‘assuming the court is going to ignore the law and let him be in Miami on Monday.’
‘That’s the opposite of demonstrating respect for the law… his respect for the law is just lip service.’
It has since emerged that Diddy booked himself a teaching position in Miami next week to give guidance to prisoners about entrepreneurship.
Court documents seen by the Daily Mail show the mogul is scheduled to deliver his first class to 75 to 100 incarcerated people to teach business, life skills and mentorship, and would follow the same program that he had been giving while behind bars.
Although Diddy would have wanted to frame the engagement as a way to give back, prosecutors took a dim view of the move and said it was an arrogant presumption that he would be free.
Diddy, pictured in Miami in March 2024, booked a speaking arrangement in the Florida city next week, prosecutors said at his sentencing Friday. He allegedly did so despite facing up to 20 years behind bars for federal prostitution offenses
The sentencing began with Judge Arun Subramanian saying he’ll still consider evidence from the crimes Diddy was cleared of when deciding how long to imprison him for.
That declaration saw the anxious-looking rapper bow his head, with one of Diddy’s lawyers also visibly perturbed by the news.
Prosecutors have recommended Diddy spend 11 years behind bars.
His defense says 14 months is sufficient. Diddy has been held in custody in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center since September 2024, with a 14-month sentence meaning he’d be a free man by 2026.
Judge Subramanian can use his discretion to decide how long Diddy should be sentenced for and can go longer or shorter than what has been recommended.
Diddy was convicted of two federal prostitution offenses but cleared of far more serious racketeering charges.
That means any unexpected additions to his final sentence could be lengthy ones.
Hours before the sentencing, Diddy’s attorneys released a bizarre promo video presenting himself as a saintly do-gooder on the morning of his sentencing.
The 11-minute clip showed the 55-year-old with his children during their childhoods and portraying him as a loving father, seen playing with his young daughters in archival footage interspersed with Diddy meeting fans and recording music.
A court sketch of Diddy in July. Today the rapper was warned evidence pertaining to crimes he was not sentenced for could influence his final punishment
The clip appears to have been released in hopes of softening Diddy’s image ahead of his sentencing on Friday morning, showing him growing up from the streets of New York to celebrating lifetime achievement awards and living a life of luxury.
Much of the promotional documentary also focuses on Diddy’s charter school in Harlem, where he is seen speaking with young students alongside montages of them dancing and learning in class.
Diddy faces a maximum of 20 years behind bars for transportation to engage in prostitution of his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura and another unnamed woman.
Judge Subramanian previously denied a request from Diddy’s attorneys to release him on a $1million bond after he was convicted in July.
On the eve of his sentencing on Friday, Diddy was hit with fresh sexual assault allegations from two additional alleged victims – a man and a woman – in civil lawsuits.
Diddy’s trial captured national attention earlier this year as the jury heard weeks of gut-wrenching testimony from his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura (seen together), where she alleged that she was coerced into marathon ‘freak off’ sexual performances during their relationship
Diddy, seen in a court sketch, has languished in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn ever since he was arrested in September 2024
Diddy has languished in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn ever since he was arrested in September 2024, where he has been locked up with accused CEO shooter Luigi Mangione and convicted crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried.
The disgraced rap mogul’s trial captured national attention earlier this year as the jury heard weeks of gut-wrenching testimony from Ventura, where she alleged that she was coerced into marathon ‘freak-off’ sexual performances during their relationship.
In her testimony, Cassie – who was heavily pregnant as she took the stand – claimed that Diddy often beat and abused her during their 11-year relationship.
During cross-examination his defense attorneys argued that the sessions were not evidence of sex trafficking and were consensual, and brought up text messages from their relationship where Cassie wrote that she ‘loved’ the freak-offs.
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