• Sean "Diddy" Combs addressed a Manhattan court at his sentencing hearing on Friday. • The hip-hop mogul was convicted in July of prostitution-related charges. • In a pre-sentencing letter to the judge, Combs asked for a second chance.

In a last-ditch bid for freedom, Sean "Diddy" Combs pleaded for mercy, apologized to his sex trafficking accusers, and said he's learned his lesson while speaking at his sentencing hearing on Friday following his conviction on prostitution-related charges.

Donning a cream-colored sweater over a white button-down and black pants, the 55-year-old hip-hop mogul said he's lost his self-respect and hates himself in a speech to US District Judge Arun Subramanian in a packed lower Manhattan courtroom.

"My actions were disgusting, shameful, and sick," Combs

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