Diddy’s off to prison, judge rules, a year after Star Island mansion raid
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Sean “Diddy” Combs was indicted on federal sex trafficking charges after his Star Island mansion was raided.
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Music executive Sean “Diddy” Combs will spend a little over four years behind bars after a split verdict where a jury found him guilty of federal prostitution offenses, but not sex trafficking and racketeering, a judge said Friday.
Diddy, 55, was sentenced to 50 months in prison and ordered to pay a $500,000 fine by U.S. District Court Judge Arun Subramanian. The case, which was tried in a New York federal court, had significant links to Miami.
If Diddy had been convicted of the more serious sex trafficking and racketeering offenses, he was facing the possibility of spending the rest of his life behind bars. Prosecutors urged Subramanian to send Diddy to a federal prison for 11 years.
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The 12-person jury’s verdict in the case came on July 2 after three days of deliberations — about a year and a half after Diddy’s enclaves in Miami Beach and Los Angeles were blitzed by federal agents. Diddy was arrested in September 2024, six months after the raids.
After the verdict was read, Diddy turned to the jury, placing his hands in a prayer-like fashion, according to the Associated Press. At one point, he told his loved ones “I’ll be home soon,” and “I love you, baby,” per the AP.
The Grammy Award-winning music mogul was accused of running a “racketeering conspiracy” by having “engaged in a persistent and pervasive pattern of abuse toward women and other individuals.” Much of that alleged activity occurred at Diddy’s posh enclaves on Star Island.
The Bad Boy records label founder owns 1 Star Island Drive, which he purchased from Gloria and Emilio Estefan in 2021 for $35 million, and 2 Star Island Drive, which he has owned for more than two decades.
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The Herald’s review of police records show officers were called to Diddy’s mansions more than 30 times — with callers complaining about prostitution, drugs and illicit weapons inside the sprawling homes since 2021.
Singer Cassie, Diddy’s ex-girlfriend whose real name is Casandra Elizabeth Ventura, was the catalyst to Diddy’s legal woes. In a lawsuit filed in November 2023, Cassie alleged Diddy raped her and forced her have sex with male sex workers throughout their decade-long relationship. Diddy settled that lawsuit the next day.
