Full apology letter Diddy issued to judge as he admits to 25 year first ahead of sentencing

Warning: This article contains discussion of sexual assault and drug addiction

Ahead of his sentencing today (3 October), Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has written a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian.

Apologising for ‘all the hurt and pain that I have caused’, the disgraced music exec has asked for leniency, and claims he’s been reformed after his time in a Brooklyn jail.

Diddy was found guilty of two prostitution charges in July, following nearly eight weeks in court. He was cleared of more serious charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking, but faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.

Prosecutors are calling for a sentence of at least 11 years, while the music mogul’s lawyers are asking for him to be released later this month.

As well as admitting a 25-year first, Diddy blames his past behaviour on drug addiction.

Diddy wrote four pages to the judge.

In the four-page letter, he apologises for assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Cassie, as he writes: “I literally lost my mind.”

Diddy says he is ‘sorry for that and always will be’ and that he was ‘dead wrong’ to put his hands on the woman he loved, as he added: “My domestic violence will always be heavy burden that will have to forever carry."

He also gives an apology to an anonymous woman who testified as ‘Jane’ during the trial, as he says he was ‘lost in the drugs and the excess’.

The passage reads: “I lost my way. My downfall was rooted in my selfishness. I have been humbled and broken to my core."

Diddy tells Judge Subramanian that he takes ‘full responsibility and accountability’ for his ‘past wrongs’.

Combs also discusses his experience during his last 13 months in prison, and says he is happy to be sober for the first time in 25 years.

Page 2.

“I have had to look in the mirror like never before,” he writes. “My pain became my teacher. My sadness was my motivator. I have to admit, my downfall was rooted in my selfishness.”

He claims the ‘old’ him ‘died in jail’: “And a new version of me was reborn. Prison will change you or kill you—I choose to live.”

Now, he is asking the judge ‘for mercy’ not only for his sake, but ‘for the sake of’ his seven children.

Page 3.

“I have failed my children as a father. My father was murdered when I was 3 years old so I know first-hand what it is to not have a father,” he writes. “More than anything, I just want the opportunity to return home and be the father that they need and deserve.”

Diddy asks the judge ‘for another chance’ as while he can’t ‘change the past’, he believes he ‘can change the future’.

“Between of all of my losses and lessons, I can state for a fact that I will never be in another criminal Courtroom again and I do not believe any other person would do anything similar from fear of similar punishment,” he writes.

Diddy claims he 'will never commit a crime again'.

“If you give me a chance, I would like the opportunity to share my story with people to prevent at least one person from making the mistakes that I’ve made.”

Concluding his letter, Diddy says: “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.”

While witnesses from the trial also write to the judge asking him not to be lenient, the sentencing is set to take place at 3pm UK time today.