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Live updates: Sean 'Diddy' Combs awaits sentencing after guilty verdict
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sentenced to 50 Months for Mann Act Violations
Above: Janice Combs, mother of Sean "Diddy" Combs, leaves after Combs' sentencing at a New York City court on Oct. 3, 2025. Image copyright: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
The Spin
Left narrative
While there will certainly be differences of opinion on his sentencing, everyone is glad Diddy will be locked away for several years. His guilty verdict, stemming from years of abuse, control and coerced "freak-offs" against women like Cassie, is a step toward accountability. But this isn't isolated — misogyny plagues hip-hop and music, shielded by NDAs, and silence. There must be a MeToo reckoning: reform policies, expose record label predators and prioritize survivors over profits.
Right narrative
The Diddy case exposes the perverse culture of liberal Hollywood, where depravity festers among elites tied to predators like him. Politicians such as Obama and Clinton, who campaigned and socialized with Diddy, likely knew his abusive ways yet remained silent — much like with Weinstein and Epstein. All must be called out for enabling this rot, which unfortunately seems to live on as Diddy received just four years in prison.