**Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Makes Final Plea for Mercy Ahead of Sentencing**
*Published October 2, 2025, 6:40 p.m. ET*
Sean “Diddy” Combs is making one last plea to be a free man, begging Judge Arun Subramanian for mercy just hours before his sentence is handed down, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
While the prosecution is pushing for the disgraced rapper to serve 11 years behind bars, Combs faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
### Combs Apologizes for 2016 Attack on Cassie Ventura
In a new letter dated Thursday, October 2, and obtained by RadarOnline.com, the music mogul opens with a heartfelt apology for his past actions.
He writes, “I apologize for my actions, and for all of the hurt and pain that I have caused others by my conduct. I take full responsibility and accountability for my past wrongs.
“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.”
Combs then references his 2016 assault on ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles—a shocking incident captured on camera.
“The scene and images of me assaulting Cassie play over and over in my head daily,” he says. “I literally lost my mind. I was dead wrong for putting my hands on the woman that I loved. I’m sorry for that and always will be. My domestic violence will always be a heavy burden that I will have to forever carry.”
### Life Behind Bars: Combs Reflects on His Time in Jail
The “I’ll Be Missing You” hitmaker then reveals the harsh reality of his incarceration at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, where he claims he “has not breathed fresh air in nearly 13 months.”
“Jail is designed to break you mentally, physically, and spiritually. Over the past year, there have been so many times that I wanted to give up. There have been some days I thought I would be better off dead. The old me died in jail, and a new version of me was reborn. Prison will change you or kill you – I choose to live,” Combs writes.
He adds that he has made positive changes during his time behind bars, stating he is now “sober for the first time in 25 years,” and spends his days “reading books, writing, working out, or in therapy obtaining the tools and knowledge to deal with my past drug abuse and anger issues.”
“One of the most beautiful things I have experienced is being asked by my fellow inmates to teach and mentor them,” he shares.
### The Moments He Missed: A Father’s Heartache
Combs also speaks about his seven children, pleading, “I ask you for mercy today, not only for my sake, but for the sake of my children… As I write you this letter, I am scared to death. Scared to spend another second away from my mother and my children. I no longer care about the money or the fame. There is nothing more important to me than my family.”
He goes on to chronicle the milestones he’s missed while locked up: “I have missed my three daughters’ proms and graduations. I have missed taking one of my daughters to college. I have lost the freedom to teach my two-year-old how to speak, dance, play, or be there to console her when she falls down or has a nightmare.”
### A Plea for a Second Chance
In closing, Combs makes one final appeal to the court.
“I would ask Your Honor to make me an example of what a person can do if afforded a second chance. If you allow me to go home to my family, I promise I will not let you down and I will make you proud,” he states.
“Today, I humbly ask you for another chance – another chance to be a better father, another chance to be a better son, another chance to be a better leader in my community, and another chance to live a better life.
“I am writing this not to gain any sympathy or pity. This experience is simply the truth of my existence and has changed my life forever, and I will never commit a crime again…”
### What’s Next for Combs?
Sean Combs faces up to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of two felony counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. However, he was found not guilty of racketeering and both charges of sex trafficking—the more serious allegations.
The Bad Boy Records founder’s legal team has condemned the prosecution’s recommended 11-year sentence as “indecent, and deeply troubling,” calling it “a draconian sentence.”
As the judge prepares to make a ruling, all eyes are on Combs and whether his final plea will sway the court toward leniency.
https://radaronline.com/p/sean-diddy-combs-begs-judge-for-another-chance-letter-final-plea-sentencing/
