The sentencing could be “I lost my self-respect,” Combs said earlier in the day, delivering his prepared remarks in slow, halting sentences. “I hate myself right now. I’ve been stripped down to nothing.”
Prosecutors did not call any of their key witnesses from the trial to speak during the sentencing hearing. The best-known alleged victim, the singer and actress Cassie Ventura, pleaded for a long sentence in a letter sent to the court this week: “I am so scared that if he walks free, his first actions will be swift retribution towards me and others who spoke up about his abuse at trial.”…
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