‘I lost my way’ – Diddy begs judge for leniency

USA: ON Thursday, Sean “Diddy” Combs wrote a letter to the judge overseeing his criminal trial, asking for leniency during his sentencing and blaming his past behaviour on drug addiction.

In the four-page letter, he apologises “for all of the hurt and pain that I have caused” and says that he has been reformed after spending 13 months in a Brooklyn jail.

In July, he was found guilty of two prostitution charges and now faces up to 20 years in prison. Prosecutors are seeking a sentence of at least 11 years, but Combs’ lawyers are asking that he be released later this month.

In his letter to Judge Arun Subramanian, Combs apologises for assaulting his ex-girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura, writing: “I literally lost my mind”.

“I’m sorry for that and always will be,” he continues. “My domestic violence will always be a heavy burden that I will have to forever carry.”

He also apologies to an anonymous woman who testified during the trial under the name “Jane” and says he became “lost in the drugs and the excess”.

“I lost my way,” he wrote. “My downfall was rooted in my selfishness. I have been humbled and broken to my core.”