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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister

Sean 'Diddy' Combs’ lawyers say he is a changed man. Will that spare him from more time behind bars?

Sexual Misconduct Diddy - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

In rejecting Sean “Diddy” Combs’ release on bail, a federal judge confronted the hip-hop impresario with a disturbing aspect of his criminal case that his lawyers couldn’t deny: his history of violence.

Combs' defense lawyers claimed he is a changed man. But Judge Arun Subramanian on Wednesday let the Bad Boy Records founder know that his hopes for freedom soon are slim — even after the jury acquitted him on racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges that could have put him in prison for life.

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