Sean 'Diddy' Combs Writes Letter To Judge Requesting Leniency Ahead of Sentencing: I Lost My Mind, Won't Commit Crime Again...

Rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs, accused of several crimes, including sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution, is currently incarcerated at the Brooklyn Detention Center.

The rapper has now written a letter to the judge asking for mercy less than 24 hours before he is set to be sentenced in his federal case.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs Writes Letter To Judge Ahead Of Sentencing

Combs, 55, faces up to 20 years in prison if the July 2 conviction stands. Jurors found he paid male escorts to travel across state lines to have sex with his girlfriends while he filmed and masturbated, but cleared him of more serious counts of sex trafficking and racketeering. According to Variety, the mogul wrote a four-page letter to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian asking for leniency in his sentencing. He wrote, "First and foremost, I want to apologize and say how sincerely sorry I am for all of the hurt and pain that I have caused others by my conduct. I take full responsibility and accountability for my past wrongs. I understand that saying I’m sorry will never be good enough as the words cannot erase the pain from the past." He also penned, "The scene and images of me assaulting Cassie play over and over in my head daily. I literally lost my mind. I lost my way. I got lost in my journey. Lost in the drugs and the excess. My downfall was rooted in my selfishness. I have been humbled and broken to my core. Jail is designed to break you mentally, physically and spiritually. Over the past year there have been so many times that I wanted to give up. There have been some days I thought I would be better off dead. The old me died in jail and a new version of me was reborn. Prison will change you or kill you—I choose to live.""Today, I humbly ask you for another chance—another chance to be a better father, another chance to be a better son, another chance to be a better leader in my community, and another chance to live a better life,” he stated. “I am writing this not to gain any sympathy or pity, this experience is simply the truth of my existence and has changed my life forever and I will never commit a crime again," he concluded.

More About Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Case, Trial

During his two-month trial earlier this year, prosecutors said he coerced two former girlfriends into the sexual performances. Both women - rhythm and blues singer Casandra Ventura, known as Cassie, and a woman known by the pseudonym Jane - testified that Combs physically attacked them and threatened to cut off financial support if they refused to participate in the sex performances. Combs' lawyers acknowledged the physical attacks, but argued there was no direct link between what they called domestic violence and the women's participation in the Freak Offs. They also said Ventura and Jane consented to the encounters because they loved Combs and wanted to make him happy.