🔗 Share this article 'I love you, forgive me': The actions Sean 'Diddy' Combs undertook the moment he heard the verdict. Courtroom sketch A quarter year earlier, Sean "Diddy" Combs dropped to the ground in a New York court after a panel cleared him of charges related to trafficking and racketeering. "I'm returning home," he declared, looking back toward his relatives, who had stood by him daily the trial. This past Friday, a subdued version of the music industry titan sat unmoved and stationary in his seat, as the judge sentenced him to over four years in prison. Once the judge completed announcing his judgment, the music artist turned around to look at his family and seemed to whisper the expression: "I love you, I'm sorry." This marked a solemn instant to mark the end of a chaotic eight-week trial that forever altered the popular perception of Combs - formerly a globally recognized music star. Trial Exhibits The jury saw disturbing recordings of Combs' alleged sex parties - sex parties he had filmed including paid male companions and his former partner Cassandra Ventura and "Jane", an unnamed accuser. Furthermore they witnessed a video, that had previously gone viral, of him assaulting Ventura in a hotel hallway. Court Decisions Back in July, a panel of 12 New Yorkers found the 55-year-old not guilty of organized crime and trafficking accusations - which carried the potential of life in prison - but determined him responsible for arranging transport for prostitution purposes. What has Sean 'Diddy' Combs been convicted of? 'I lost my way' - Diddy begs judge for leniency on eve of sentencing What duration might Diddy serve in incarceration? Family members arriving for sentencing During Friday's proceedings, the judge informed a dejected Combs that his wrongdoings and maltreatment of his former partners warranted 50 months in detention. As he told the court that Combs had used his fame and power to "subjugate" his complainants, the music mogul did not look up, maintaining a blank demeanor for the judge's 20-minute speech. His group exceeding thirty relatives were crowded into the court chamber supporting him. Legal Arguments His lawyers anticipated he would be out of prison in a matter of weeks, asking the court for a one-year-and-two-month judgment, the majority of which he had earlier fulfilled. Prosecutors had accused Combs of managing a unlawful operation to coerce women into non-consensual and substance-enhanced sexual activities. Despite being found not guilty of those most serious of those charges, prostitution trafficking and racketeering, they had sought a judgment of more than eleven years in detention. Courtroom Proceedings Throughout the full-day session, the judicial body considered hours of speeches from numerous lawyers, his sons and daughters, a religious leader and a penal system reform activist who informed the court that Combs was a reformed and substance-free person since detention. Furthermore they observed a assembled recording from his lawyers showing him with his children as well as the memorial service for his ex-partner Kim Porter, the maternal figure for multiple children who deceased three years prior. Victim Impact However the tribunal didn't receive from the accusers personally, following an individual who intended to address the court, Mia, a former assistant of Combs who gave evidence without identification, retracted subsequent to the attorneys prepared a correspondence calling her a liar. Subramanian thanked the "strong women" who had the courage to come forward with the accusations toward Combs, informing them they weren't merely addressing 12 men and women in the jury box". In lieu of their own statements on Friday, the judge presented multiple complainant comments from testimony, stating to Combs: "These were serious offences that permanently damaged two women." Defendant's Statement Combs himself addressed the tribunal initially since the beginning of his trial. Exhaling deeply prior to rising to deliver his statement, he begged the magistrate for "compassion". He read with glasses from a document before him, attempting to sustain visual connection with the magistrate while informing him: "I have nobody to blame but myself." He broke into tears as he turned around to face his loved ones and address his mom: "I let you down as an offspring." Relative Statements It was not the first time crying occurred during the proceeding. Numerous defendant backers wept while six offspring came to the podium to ask the judge for a lenient judgment, telling him they needed their father. The female and male offspring grouped tightly with interlocked limbs as numerous teared up while addressing the magistrate. Judgment Reasoning The magistrate stated during judgment that he had accounted for Combs' relative relationships, but stated he must also consider the harm he had inflicted to his pair of complainants. The offenses were grave, he continued, highlighting they happened subsequent to a federal investigation and the leak of a video featuring him striking Ventura in the corridor of lodging establishment. "A background of beneficial actions cannot erase your past," he stated. Closing Statements However, he informed a distressed Combs, who on two occasions raised his head and exhaled, there was optimism after his detention term. "Sir Combs, yourself and your relatives, you are going to get through this," he affirmed. Following the court official's concluding remarks, Combs provided a swift gesture to his multiple loved ones and associates, before stepping silently through the exit to be taken back to a federal jail in the Brooklyn area.