‘I want the best person trophy’: Defense releases video of Diddy as sentencing begins

As the federal criminal case against Sean “Didi” Coms approaches its end, his lawyers released a 11 -minute video to be played in the court on Friday, the hip -hop pole appears as a father, teacher and improved in another effort to preceded a lighter sentence.

Family members wore all eggs were seen arriving at the Federal Manhattan Court at about 7 am in the Pacific Ocean time. Combs, 55, faces a period of up to 20 years after the condemnation of July with two charges of transportation to participate in prostitution. He was acquitted of the accusations of blackmail and sex smuggling.

Defensive video highlights the Didi family

The group, prepared by Koms’s lawyers, mixed archival footage with certificates of friends and colleagues who praised his engine and generosity.

In one clip, Combs tells a children’s semester, “I have started just like you, comrades. I came from New York. I grew up in Harlem … I worked hard, just as you work, comrades. All of them are kings.

The video is also characterized by a sector in which Koms talks about the death of Kim Porter, the mother of three of his seven children, and pledged to be a “full -time father”: “Every Sunday, I must slow everything and do the rituals of the family, collect the family together, make sure that the girls watch the church.”

Former employees and collaborators also hear to go forward to inspire excellence and give opportunities to young artists. One of the speakers says that the work in his favor was “changing life” and studied “Excellence”, while the last $ 25,000 grant of rain allowed them to open a store.

At a moment at the end of the video, Koms is heard about his family. “I had to choose this cup that I want. I want the best person’s cup [because] You have 20 hit records. This does not mean anything … they will say, “Oh, let’s go in heaven. I was a nice person.”

Messages to the judge

Eric Spieman’s reports from KTLA, COMBS also wrote a letter to a judge in the American province, saying that he is committed to change: “The old died in prison and that a new version of me was born again.

His lawyers request a 14 -month prison sentence, which may lead to his immediate launch for 13 months have already served. Prosecutors are looking for 11 years, calling the defense request “violently not proportional.”

The defendants pay

Prosecutors say that the video and the message cannot erase years of abuse. During the trial, the jury from many women who witnessed that Combs had overcome, threatened and forced sexual acts. His ex -girlfriend, his ex -girlfriend, described her ex -girlfriend to have sex with strangers during the impact of drugs and said sometimes on the presentation of the meetings called “Freak Off”.

In her private letter to court, Vinterora wrote that she is still suffering from “nightmares and nitsakat to invent on a regular basis” and fears “rapid revenge” if Koms walks.

Civil rights lawyer Gloria Alared, who represented many accused, was in court on Friday. “Some victims fear this, because he knows their names … he may go out and try to take revenge against them.”

One of the former COMBS assistants, named MIA, is expected to provide a significant statement to the victim during the Friday session. The cameras are not allowed in the courtroom.

What next

The Bad Boy Records founder, who was once celebrated as a self -made pole that brought ambition and wealth to hip -hop, will speak at Friday session and begged a lenient penalty. The judge can decide within hours or days if combs coming out of the court or spending years in the federal prison.