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• Sean Combs Requested a Pardon in a Letter, but Trump Is Unimpressed

  08-01-2026 21:27 via nytimes.com
  President Trump told The New York Times in an interview that he was not considering pardoning the music mogul.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Lawyers File Appeal, Arguing His Sentence Was Unjust

  24-12-2025 03:16 via nytimes.com
  The mogul’s lawyers say that a judge issued an excessively steep sentence for prostitution offenses after Mr. Combs was acquitted of more serious charges.
  
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• Crypto Fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried Has New Pursuit: Jailhouse Lawyer

  20-12-2025 09:00 via nytimes.com
  The man convicted of taking billions has advised the former president of Honduras and Sean Combs, among others. He said in an interview that he helps in ways overwhelmed lawyers cannot.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Demands Netflix Drop 50 Cent Series, Citing New Footage

  01-12-2025 22:03 via nytimes.com
  The mogul’s lawyers told the streaming service to withdraw a documentary because it was produced by his rival and uses footage they say was “illicitly” acquired.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Had a Camera Follow Him. 50 Cent Has the Footage.

  01-12-2025 14:55 via nytimes.com
  The mogul’s spokesman said he was “deeply concerned” that video shot days before Mr. Combs’s 2024 arrest appears in a new documentary series produced by his rival.
  
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• A Shelf Full of New Watch Books Are Published This Fall

  18-11-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  More than 100 quartz timepieces and Taylor Swift’s watch collection are among the subjects of some recently published volumes.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Could Trim Prison Sentence With Drug Rehab Program

  11-11-2025 00:09 via nytimes.com
  A spokesman for the fallen music mogul, who is serving a four-year sentence for prostitution-related offenses at the Fort Dix prison complex in New Jersey, said he has been accepted to the program.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Transferred to Federal Prison in New Jersey

  30-10-2025 23:35 via nytimes.com
  The music mogul was sentenced earlier this month to 50 months in prison for two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Will Appeal His Conviction and Prison Sentence

  20-10-2025 23:15 via nytimes.com
  The mogul’s defense team notified the appellate court that it will challenge the jury’s verdict on prostitution-related charges and the four-year prison term he received.
  
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• Sean Combs Sentenced to More Than 4 Years in Prison

  04-10-2025 19:41 via nytimes.com
  Sean Combs, the fallen hip-hop mogul, was sentenced to more than four years in prison for prostitution-related offenses. Ben Sisario, a New York Times reporter covering music and the music industry, explains the sentence.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Future: Prison, Fine and a Shunning

  04-10-2025 12:51 via nytimes.com
  Many who have tracked the music mogul’s career think his reputation has been irreparably damaged by testimony of abusive behavior as a boss and boyfriend.
  
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• What to Know Before Sean Combs’s Sentencing

  04-10-2025 01:02 via nytimes.com
  The music mogul will be in court on Friday when a judge is scheduled to announce Mr. Combs’s penalty for convictions on two prostitution-related offenses.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Asks Judge for Mercy: ‘I Lost My Way’

  04-10-2025 01:02 via nytimes.com
  The music mogul submitted a letter to the court ahead of his sentencing on Friday for his conviction on two prostitution-related counts.
  
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• Judge Denies Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Request to Vacate Conviction

  04-10-2025 01:02 via nytimes.com
  The music mogul will be sentenced on Friday after a jury found him guilty of transporting people for prostitution.
  
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• Cassie Asks Judge to Weigh Her Suffering in Sentencing Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

  04-10-2025 01:02 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Combs, who was convicted of transportation to engage in prostitution, is set to be sentenced on Friday. Prosecutors asked the judge to sentence him to more than 11 years in prison.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs es condenado a más de 4 años de prisión

  04-10-2025 00:20 via nytimes.com
  Dado que el cantante ya ha pasado detenido un año, podría seguir tras las rejas hasta finales de 2028. El juez también le impuso una multa de 500.000 dólares, la máxima posible.
  
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• Sean Combs Begged Judge for Mercy Before Sentencing

  03-10-2025 23:31 via nytimes.com
  “My domestic violence will always be a heavy burden that I will have to forever carry,” Mr. Combs said in a 12-minute presentation.
  
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• ¿Cuál será la sentencia de Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs? Esto es lo que sabemos

  01-10-2025 17:47 via nytimes.com
  El magnate de la música comparecerá ante el tribunal el viernes, cuando está previsto que el juez anuncie la pena que le impondrá por dos delitos relacionados con la prostitución.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Makes a Final Push to Reverse His Conviction Before Sentencing

  25-09-2025 19:51 via nytimes.com
  The music mogul arrived in court on Thursday in jail clothes. His lawyers argued that his conviction rests on an unjust use of the Mann Act.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Lawyers Urge Judge to Free Him Before the End of 2025

  23-09-2025 14:07 via nytimes.com
  The music mogul’s lawyers said in a filing that their incarcerated client deserves to be let go soon after his Oct. 3 sentencing on prostitution-related charges.
  
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• Combs Sentencing Focuses Attention on Prostitution Law From 1910

  19-09-2025 11:03 via nytimes.com
  Acquitted of more serious charges, Sean Combs was found guilty of violating a law enacted during a panic over “white slavery” that is now a common tool in sex crimes prosecutions.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Ex-Girlfriend Supports Bail Release in Letter to Judge

  05-08-2025 06:55 via nytimes.com
  Once part of the government’s case against the music mogul, a former girlfriend wrote to a judge in support of Mr. Combs’s request for bail ahead of sentencing.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Is Denied Bail, and Will Remain Jailed Until Sentencing

  04-08-2025 23:52 via nytimes.com
  The music mogul, who was convicted in July of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, had asked to be released before his sentencing on Oct. 3.
  
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• Prosecutors Oppose Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Bid for Release From Jail

  01-08-2025 15:26 via nytimes.com
  Earlier this week, the mogul’s lawyers renewed their efforts to secure his release ahead of his October sentencing on prostitution-related convictions.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Lawyers Ask Judge to Vacate Jury’s Verdict or Retry Him

  31-07-2025 15:40 via nytimes.com
  In a 62-page motion, the music mogul’s legal team argued that his conviction under the Mann Act — which bars interstate commerce related to prostitution — should be overturned.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Awaiting Sentencing, Asks Judge to Release Him From Jail

  29-07-2025 14:51 via nytimes.com
  Lawyers for the music mogul, who is to be sentenced in October on prostitution charges, filed court papers saying he would sign a $50 million bond.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Will Be Sentenced in October

  08-07-2025 20:52 via nytimes.com
  The music mogul was convicted last week on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, which each carries a maximum of 10 years in prison.
  
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• ‘Diddy Parties’ Became a Meme. The Combs Case Was About Something Else.

  08-07-2025 11:01 via nytimes.com
  The sweep of graphic lawsuits accusing Sean Combs of sex abuse led to a sense that his criminal case might examine celebrity debauchery in the music industry. It did not.
  
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• What Sean Combs Got Away With

  05-07-2025 21:09 via nytimes.com
  That the hotel tape is not by itself enough to convict the celebrity — of something — speaks to the system’s failures.
  
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• Combs’s Racketeering Acquittal Was a Rare Misfire for a Powerful Law

  05-07-2025 09:00 via nytimes.com
  The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act has been an effective cudgel in a variety of criminal cases. Some defense lawyers say prosecutors use it unfairly.
  
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• Alternate Juror at the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial: ‘I Understand’ the Verdict

  04-07-2025 16:45 via nytimes.com
  A Manhattan man who did not deliberate but heard all 28 days of testimony said in an interview that he was not persuaded by the prosecution’s case.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Faces Not Just a Sentencing, but a Host of Civil Cases

  04-07-2025 15:00 via nytimes.com
  The music mogul, convicted on lesser charges at his federal trial, has been accused of sexually assaulting people in dozens of suits. He has denied the allegations.
  
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• The Diddy Trial Is Over But My Mind Is Still Racing

  04-07-2025 04:21 via nytimes.com
  But my mind is still racing.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Winning Defense: He’s Abusive, but He’s Not a Racketeer

  03-07-2025 22:09 via nytimes.com
  In defusing much of the government’s case, lawyers for the music mogul did not dispute that he did bad things. They disputed that they matched the crimes he was charged with.
  
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• ¿Qué sigue para Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs?

  03-07-2025 18:33 via nytimes.com
  El magnate de la música sigue detenido tras ser declarado culpable de dos cargos de transporte con fines de prostitución. Un juez determinará su pena de prisión en una fecha no especificada.
  
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• Reacting to the Sean Combs Verdict

  03-07-2025 18:28 via nytimes.com
  A conversation about how and why the music mogul was acquitted of the most serious charges at his sex trafficking trial.
  
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• What’s Next in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial?

  03-07-2025 15:59 via nytimes.com
  The music mogul remains in custody after he was convicted on two counts of transporting prostitutes. A judge will determine his prison sentence at an unspecified date.
  
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• The Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Verdict

  03-07-2025 15:53 via nytimes.com
  After a lengthy and highly publicized trial, the music mogul was found not guilty of the most serious charges against him.
  
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• The Question for the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Jurors: What Qualifies as Coercion?

  18-06-2025 14:20 via nytimes.com
  The jury will be asked to determine if two women who engaged in marathon sex sessions with escorts did so willingly or because they were under threat.
  
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• Latest in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial: Timeline and Testimony

  18-06-2025 00:00 via nytimes.com
  The music mogul has pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. Here’s what has happened in court.
  
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• At the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial, a Detailed Timeline of the Hotel Assault on Cassie

  17-06-2025 22:21 via nytimes.com
  Jurors were also shown how expenses related to the sexual encounters were paid for by the mogul’s companies, as well as text and phone records surrounding a 2016 assault.
  
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• Jurors at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial See Video of ‘Freak-Off’ Sexual Encounters

  17-06-2025 19:23 via nytimes.com
  Earlier on Monday, the judge dismissed a juror over a “lack of candor” and prosecutors strove to show that the mogul’s “right hand” aide helped organize sex nights.
  
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• At Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Trial, Talk of Baby Oil, Guns and a Guest: Kanye West

  13-06-2025 22:56 via nytimes.com
  The rapper formerly known as Kanye West, one of the few celebrities to publicly defend Mr. Combs, was denied access to the courtroom and briefly watched on closed-circuit video.
  
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• Kanye West Briefly Visits Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial in Support of Music Mogul

  13-06-2025 19:00 via nytimes.com
  The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been one of the few celebrities to publicly defend Mr. Combs, who is charged with sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.
  
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• Kanye West Arrives at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial in Support of Music Mogul

  13-06-2025 17:40 via nytimes.com
  The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been one of the few celebrities to publicly defend Mr. Combs, who is charged with sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Ex ‘Jane’ Ends Grueling Testimony With Hugs for Both Sides

  13-06-2025 01:01 via nytimes.com
  The woman who dated the mogul until his arrest concluded more than 24 hours on the stand in which she spoke about unwanted sex and an at-times loving relationship.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Defense to Analyze ‘Hotel Night’ Texts With ‘Jane’

  11-06-2025 23:58 via nytimes.com
  The music mogul’s lawyers walked his former girlfriend through a voluminous history of text and audio messages in an effort to suggest she willingly engaged in sex sessions he organized.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Defense Depicts Ex-Girlfriend as Willing Sex Partner: Trial Takeaways

  11-06-2025 00:12 via nytimes.com
  In her fourth day on the stand, the woman who dated Sean Combs until his arrest recalled fond times in their relationship, as well as jealousy and unwanted escorts.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial: Defense Depicts Ex-Girlfriend as Willing Sex Partner

  10-06-2025 22:14 via nytimes.com
  After testifying that the mogul pressured her to have sex with other men, one of the music mogul’s ex-girlfriends said she “felt very loved by him” but he gave her “trauma.”
  
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• Sean Combs and the Sweater Defense

  10-06-2025 02:58 via nytimes.com
  In a high-stakes, high-profile trial, every detail — and piece of knitwear — matters.
  
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