Inmates reward Diddy's enterprise mentorship applications earlier than sentencing

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Sean "Diddy" Combs turned a web page on his previous life and impressed inmates via enterprise mentorship applications over the past 12 months whereas behind bars on federal intercourse crimes fees.

In letters of help submitted to the courtroom earlier than the disgraced rap mogul is sentenced Friday, Oct. 3, a fellow inmate praised Diddy for his motivational acumen, whereas an alleged sufferer denied being "intercourse trafficked" and compelled into prostitution.

Plenty of alleged victims, together with ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, got here ahead to voice considerations concerning the potential for a shorter sentence. Cassie wrote that she fled New York out of concern of "swift retribution" by the hands of Diddy or one in all his associates.

A jury convicted Diddy in July on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution. The "I will Be Lacking You" rapper was acquitted of his most critical fees of racketeering and sex trafficking .

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Diddy constructed his huge empire being enterprise savvy, and had a optimistic impression on inmates, in response to letters submitted to the choose. (Gareth Cattermole)

Inmate Ho Wen Kwok, often called Miles Guo, had "a number of conversations" with Diddy all through his time on the Metropolitan Detention Middle, Brooklyn. In a letter submitted to Judge Arun Subramanian , Guo wrote that he had personally witnessed Diddy undergo "excessive emotional modifications" all through the case.

"When he first arrived, he was extraordinarily depressed and was going via darkish levels," Guo famous. "However now he has discovered his gentle once more. As a result of he has seen what this may do to your loved ones and though he fell off, he has climbed again to the highest of the mountain once more."

Diddy allegedly requested Guo for help creating an " AI platform in order that we may also help the folks." The Dangerous Boy Data founder additionally started a enterprise entrepreneurship course for inmates.

"We now have spoken about creating applications to take the youth out of the road and assist them with music, sports activities, and simply to search out their gentle," Guo wrote. "Since he discovered his gentle, he has unfold it and attempt to shine as vivid as he can by sharing it with the unlucky in MDC by beginning a course named ‘Free Recreation With Diddy.’"

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A mom of an inmate, Maribel Flaquer, instructed the choose that Diddy had a "life-changing" optimistic affect on her son Raymond.

"Since he discovered his gentle, he has unfold it and attempt to shine as vivid as he can by sharing it with the unlucky in MDC by beginning a course named ‘Free Recreation With Diddy.’"

— Miles Guo "To see my son discover hope, steerage, and a brand new sense of duty has been a blessing," Flaquer wrote. "I'm so grateful to Diddy for taking the time to pour knowledge into him and for serving to him understand that his life will not be over – that he can nonetheless create a vivid future."

Sean "Diddy" Comb appeared in federal courtroom all through his two-month trial, however by no means testified in his case. (Jane Rosenberg)

She added, "I really imagine this expertise and Diddy's mentorship have modified the trajectory of Raymond's life. I'm without end grateful for the inspiration, encouragement, and perception he has given my son."

Virginia Huynh, who recognized herself as Sufferer 3 within the case, wrote that she totally cooperated with prosecutors through the investigation, however felt "pressured to really feel like a sufferer" and insisted she didn't agree with the federal government that she had been concerned in "pressured prostitution."

"I'm so grateful to Diddy for taking the time to pour knowledge into him and for serving to him understand that his life will not be over – that he can nonetheless create a vivid future."

— Maribel Flaquer "I used to be not trafficked. I didn't have interaction in prostitution with him or others," she famous. "That might have been my testimony if known as to the stand. I used to be subpoenaed and totally ready to testify and reply all questions in truth. However I used to be knowledgeable by my lawyer that I'd not be known as to take the stand."

Sean "Diddy" Comb's federal intercourse crimes trial started in Might and ended July 2 together with his conviction on two counts of suspicion to have interaction in prostitution. (Jane Rosenberg)

Huynh instructed the courtroom that Diddy hadn't contacted her, nor made her really feel uncomfortable "in any manner" all through the method. She believed he would "proceed to be compliant with the courtroom's circumstances upon launch."

"When it comes to sentencing, I kindly ask that you just think about releasing him again to his household," Huynh wrote. "I perceive all through the method he has been cooperative and respectful, together with turning himself in."

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"I used to be not trafficked. I didn't have interaction in prostitution with him or others."

— Sufferer No. 3, Virginia Huynh Diddy's ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura , and different witnesses who testified through the eight-week trial, submitted letters to the choose forward of the rapper's sentencing.

"I nonetheless have nightmares and flashbacks on an everyday, on a regular basis foundation, and proceed to require psychological care to deal with my previous," Ventura, who dated Diddy till 2018, wrote within the letter, obtained by Fox Information Digital.

Cassie and Diddy met in 2006 and formally ended their romantic relationship in 2018. (Getty Photographs)

Cassie Ventura gave emotional testimony throughout Sean "Diddy" Combs' federal trial. (Jane Rosenberg)

"My worries that Sean Combs or his associates will come after me and my household is my actuality. I've in actual fact moved my household out of the New York space and am maintaining as non-public and quiet as I probably can as a result of I'm so scared that if he walks free, his first actions might be swift retribution in the direction of me and others who spoke up about his abuse at trial."

Diddy's former assistants, "Mia" and Capricorn Clark, together with the rapper's former private chef, every wrote letters to the choose. Ventura's former stylist, Deonte Nash, reiterated the singer's considerations about retribution in his letter.

"My worries that Sean Combs or his associates will come after me and my household is my actuality."

— Cassie Ventura Within the disgraced music mogul's personal letter to the courtroom, Diddy took "full duty and accountability" for his previous wrongdoings. His authorized workforce proposed a 14-month sentence forward of his Oct. 3 listening to. The "I Want A Lady" rapper has already spent 13 months behind bars .

"This has been the toughest 2 years of my life, and I've nobody in charge for my present actuality and scenario however myself," Diddy wrote within the letter obtained by Fox Information Digital.

The producer admitted he was free from medication and alcohol "for the primary time in 25 years," and praised God "that I’m stronger, wiser, clear, clear and sober."

"In my life, I've made many errors, however I'm now not working from them," Diddy wrote. "I'm so sorry for the harm that I precipitated, however I perceive that the mere phrases ‘I’m sorry’ won't ever be ok as these phrases alone can't erase the ache from the previous."

The producer admitted he was free from medication and alcohol "for the primary time in 25 years," in a letter submitted to the courtroom forward of his Oct. 3 sentencing. (Getty Photographs)

Diddy "needed to look within the mirror like by no means earlier than" whereas behind bars, and admitted that "ache" grew to become his instructor.

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"The scene and pictures of me assaulting Cassie play again and again in my head day by day," he wrote. "I actually misplaced my thoughts. I used to be lifeless improper for placing my arms on the girl that I cherished. I am sorry for that and all the time might be. My home violence will all the time be a heavy burden that I must without end carry. The regret, the sorrow, the remorse, the frustration, the disgrace."

Diddy and his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, allegedly had a "freak off" at the InterContinental Hotel March 5, 2016, that turned violent. Cassie beforehand testified that she was making an attempt to go away the "freak off" after Diddy gave her a black eye.

After making it to the elevator foyer, the singer-songwriter testified, Diddy assaulted her. The rapper could possibly be seen dragging Cassie down the lodge hallway in surveillance footage that was proven to the jury and beforehand launched to the general public in 2024.

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"I can’t change the previous, however I can change the long run," Diddy wrote. "I do know that God put me right here to remodel me. Since incarceration, I've gone via a religious reset. I’m on a journey that may take time and onerous work. I’m proud to say I’m working tougher than I ever have earlier than.

"I’m dedicated to the journey of remaining a drug free, non-violent and peaceable individual. I thank God that I’m stronger, wiser, clear, clear and sober. God makes no errors. I understand that this trial has obtained an amazing quantity of worldwide press and Your Honor could also be inclined to make an instance out of me."

He added, "I'd ask Your Honor to make me an instance of what an individual can do if afforded a second probability. In case you enable me to go house to my household, I promise I can't allow you to down and I'll make you proud."

In his letter, Diddy admitted, "I misplaced my manner. I obtained misplaced in my journey. Misplaced within the medication and the surplus. My downfall was rooted in my selfishness. I've been humbled and damaged to my core. Jail is designed to interrupt you mentally, bodily and spiritually."

Diddy wrote that he was dedicated to remaining a "drug free, non-violent and peaceable individual." (Getty Photographs)

"Over the previous 12 months there have been so many instances that I wished to surrender. There have been some days I assumed I'd be higher off lifeless. The previous me died in jail and a brand new model of me was reborn. Jail will change you or kill you – I select to dwell."

Diddy might spend a most of 20 years behind bars, 10 years for every depend he was convicted of. The prosecution advisable 135 months (simply over 11 years) for his sentencing.