by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Oct 3 – At 12:26 am on September 29-20, 2025, the US Attorney's Office filed a sentencing memo on Sean Combs, asking for 135 months imprisonment on October 3. Memo on Patreon here.
Just over a year before at 4:30 pm on September 16, 2024 Inner City Press was told by its SDNY source to expect "the big one" - Sean Combs - the next day in an SDNY courtroom.
[Inner City Press published book / audio book Diddy Do It? on Sept 20 on Amazon here. Week 8 book here
On July 2 the jury came back with not guilty on RICO and sex trafficking, guilty on counts 3 and 5, transportation for prostitution.
On October 2 another submission, 60 pages, including that "Mr. Combs did not commit the instant offenses for profit, and he is at most a “john.” The government says he resembles a “pimp,” Dkt.516 at 140, but ignores the clear meaning of that term. See, e.g., Pimp, Black’s Law Dictionary" - 60 page filing on Patreon here
And at 5 pm on October 2, Combs' own 4-page letter on Patreon here
On October 3 Inner City Press live tweeted the sentencing, 10 am to 5 pm, here, resulting in a 50 month sentence.
more on X for Subscribers here and Substack here
The case is USA v. Combs, 1:24-cr-542 (Subramanian)
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