NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs arrived in court on Friday for his sentencing on prostitution-related charges, with prosecutors pushing for the hip-hop mogul to spend more than a decade in prison and the defense urging his swift release.

Combs, wearing a sweater and sporting a gray beard, hugged his lawyers as he entered U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian’s courtroom in Manhattan shortly after 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT). Combs faces up to 20 years in prison, though the judge has a wide degree of discretion in crafting a punishment.

A jury on July 2 convicted Combs, 55, on two counts of arranging for paid male escorts to travel across state lines to take part in drug-fueled sexual performances – sometimes known as “Freak Offs” – with Combs’ girlfriends while he recorded video and masturbated.

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