Sean "Diddy" Combs made a last-ditch plea for leniency from a Manhattan federal judge on Thursday, a day before he’s scheduled to be sentenced on prostitution-related charges.
The hip-hop producer and founder of several multi-million-dollar fashion and lifestyle companies begged U.S. District Court Judge Arun Subramanian for forgiveness and mercy.
"I take full responsibility and accountability for my past wrongs," he told the judge. "This has been the hardest 2 years of my life, and I have no one to blame for my current reality and situation but myself. In my life, I have made many mistakes, but I am no longer running from them."
Combs was convicted in July of two counts of transporting male escorts across state lines for the purpose of prostitution, a violation of the Mann Act. A Manha