The rapper and producer, also known as Puff Daddy o Diddy (New York, 55), will meet this Friday, October 3, his sentence after being for those who face up to 20 years in prison. Just a few hours before knowing the conviction, the singer and producer fallen out of disgrace sent a letter to the judge in which, among other things, he apologized to his victims, something he did not do during the trial that ended in early July and
Combs sent a letter to the judge who presides over his case in New York on Thursday, in which in addition to apologizing to his victims, he says that “he will never commit a crime again.” “I want to apologize and express my sincere repentance for all the damage and pain that I have caused to others with my behavior. I assume all the responsibility for my past mistakes,” he says in his four -page writing.
Defined in the Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center prison since and after failed attempts to be released on bail, combs ensures in the letter to federal judge Arun Subramanian that the last two years have been “the most difficult” of his life. “I have no one to blame for my reality and current situation more than myself,” American means that have echoed the writing. “In my life I have made many mistakes, but I no longer run away from them,” says the famous singer. And he adds: “I am very sorry for the damage I caused, but I understand that the simple words ‘sorry’ will never be enough, since these words alone cannot erase the pain of the past,” says the artist, who says that “for the first time in 25 years” is sober and that in jail he has given business classes to other inmates.
Combs explains to the judge that he “lost his course” in drugs and excesses. “My fall originated in my selfishness. I have felt humiliated and broken to the core. The jail is designed to break you mentally, physically and spiritually. During the past year there were so many times that I wanted to give up. There have been some days when I thought I would be better dead. The old I died in jail and reborn a new version of me,” he explains. “The prison will change or kill you. I choose to live,” he adds on the letter , One of the media that has published its content. Combs ensures that he spends his time in prison “reading books, writing, exercising or doing therapy,” he adds .
It apologizes in particular with, and with the woman who declared under the name of Jane, who maintained a romantic relationship with the rapper, for having hurt them. They reproduce again and again in my head daily. I literally lost my head. I was completely mistaken by putting my hands on the woman I loved. I’m sorry and I will always regret it. My domestic violence will always be a heavy burden that I will have to carry forever, ”he says. With whom he maintained a romantic relationship of comings and goings for 11 years, he is among the list of people who have written to the judge for the Judgment of combs. In his letter he told the magistrate that he fears the artist when he leaves in prison or that some of his partners pursue her. He was his testimony. to attack her physically and sexually and force her to participate in sexual marathons with prostitutes to which he himself called “freak offs”.
Other acquaintances and relatives of the rapper, as prison companions, former employees, have written in recent days Subramanian highlighting the “affectionate” facet of combs and asking for his freedom.
In his letter, Comink asks for a second chance. “Today, humbly, I ask you for another opportunity: another opportunity to be a better father, another opportunity to be a better son, another opportunity to be a better leader in my community and another opportunity to live a better life,” he says.
After the trial, the singer was found guilty of two transport positions to exercise prostitution, but was exonerated from the most serious crimes (sexual trafficking and organized crime), which could have brought to life. The Prosecutor’s Office has requested for him no less than 11 years in prison for “decades of abuse” and other criminal behaviors in which, he says, the rapper incurred. The artist’s legal team, headed by the media Marc Agnifilo, of these two positions or the celebration of a new trial. However, Subramanian rejected the proposal last Tuesday and maintained the sentence date for today. Combs has asked to appear before Subramanian at the Audience, an unusual decision in the artist who during the judicial process preferred not to pronounce.
