Diddy Requests To Speak At Sentencing As Prosecutors Push For 11-Year Term
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2025 11:42 am
Sean “Diddy” Combs wants his voice heard when he stands before a federal judge Friday (October 3) in Manhattan, asking the court to let him speak directly before learning his fate in a prostitution-related case that’s gripped the Hip-Hop world and beyond.
Cassie Ventura, his former partner of over a decade, submitted a detailed victim impact statement describing their relationship as “a horrific decade of my life stained by abuse, violence, forced sex, and degradation.”
Ventura also said she relocated her family out of New York due to fear of retaliation. “I am so scared that if he walks free, his first actions will be swift retribution towards me and others who spoke up about his abuse at trial,” she wrote.
Another woman, Diddy’s former assistant, identified only as Mia, also submitted a statement detailing long-term emotional trauma.
She asked the judge to “deliver a sentence that takes into account the ongoing danger my abuser poses to me, and to others.”
Diddy is now trying to prevent Mia from speaking at the sentencing, claiming her appearance could unfairly influence the judge’s decision.
The sentencing is scheduled for Friday in Manhattan federal court.