Sean 'Diddy' Combs begged judge for mercy, apologized for 'sick' actions before he was sentenced to 4 years

Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop mogul convicted on interstate prostitution charges, begged a federal judge for mercy during a dramatic sentencing hearing Friday, insisting he has “changed for the better.”“I can’t change the past, but I can change the future,” Combs told Judge Arun Subramanian inside the U.S.

Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop mogul convicted on interstate prostitution charges, begged a federal judge for mercy during a dramatic sentencing hearing Friday, insisting he has “changed for the better.”

“I can’t change the past, but I can change the future,” Combs told Judge Arun Subramanian inside the U.S. District Courthouse in lower Manhattan.

Combs was then sentenced to more than four years of what the judge called “hard time” in prison.

In his prepared remarks, the rapper apologized to two former girlfriends who accused him of physical and sexual abuse: Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, the R&B singer who dated him off-and-on for a decade, and a woman identified in court under the pseudonym “Jane.”

“My actions were disgusting, shameful and sick. I was sick from the drugs. I was out of control. I needed help and I didn’t get the help,” Combs said.