Diddy sentenced to 50 months in federal prison, $500,000 fine in Mann Act case

Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced Friday to 50 months in federal prison and ordered to pay a $500,000 fine after a Manhattan judge found that a substantial term was needed for deterrence in a case that exposed years of alleged abuse and exploitation. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian imposed the sentence following Combs's July conviction on two counts of transporting individuals across state lines for purposes of prostitution; jurors acquitted him of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.

The sentence, handed down in federal court in Manhattan, includes five years of supervised release and credit for roughly 13 months Combs has already spent in custody, meaning he is likely to serve about three more years behind bars. The judge also ordered forfeiture of property used to facilitate the offenses, and Combs’s lawyers said they planned to appeal.

Prosecutors had urged a term of at least 135 months and a $500,000 fine, arguing in a lengthy memo that Combs remained unrepentant and that his conduct — including what prosecutors described at trial as orchestrated "freak off" parties involving hired sex workers, drugs and violence — warranted a lengthy punishment. Defense lawyers...