Sean “Diddy” Combs’ attorneys played a cringey, lengthy video montage — showing him giving inspirational speeches and playing with his kids — in an apparent bid to garner sympathy for the admitted abuser at his sentencing Friday.
The 11-minute highlight reel – which featured footage of Combs feeding hospital patients, limping through marathons, singing “Happy Birthday” and sharing heartfelt hugs with his family – unfolded as the mogul’s defense attorneys pressed for a lenient sentence in Manhattan federal court.
Combs, who is facing several years in prison on prostitution-related charges, appeared to stifle tears before crying uncontrollably in the courtroom as the video showed footage of his ex Kim Porter, who died in 2018.
The emotional scene followed five of Combs’ children giving their own tear-soaked statements, imploring Judge Arun Subramanian to set their dad free.
D’Lila Combs, one of Combs’ 18-year-old twin girls with Porter, sobbed as she addressed the judge.
“We’re scared of the thought of not having our dad or mom present in our lives,” said D’Lila, whose mother died of pneumonia aged only 46.
“We’ve lost our mother, we’ve lost time with our father and every day he remains incarcerated we lose more and more. Your honor, please, please — give our family time to heal together. To rebuild… not as a headline, but as human beings to be better,” D’Lila pleaded.
