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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Michael R. Sisak,Larry Neumeister and Joe Sommerlad

‘I literally lost my mind’: Diddy writes letter to judge on eve of sentencing begging for clemency

On the eve of his sentencing, Sean “Diddy” Combs told a federal judge Thursday that he is a new man after realizing that he was “broken to my core” and wondering at times if he was better off dead.

Combs, 55, wrote in a four-page letter to Judge Arun Subramanian that, with his mind clear of drugs and alcohol after a year in jail, he can see how rotten he had become before his September 2024 arrest in a case that led to his conviction on two prostitution-related counts.

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