{"id":30191,"date":"2025-07-07T21:32:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T21:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30191"},"modified":"2025-07-07T21:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T21:32:13","slug":"the-views-sunny-hostin-sparks-debate-after-admitting-she-is-dismayed-that-diddy-is-still-locked-up-daily-mail-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30191","title":{"rendered":"The View&#8217;s Sunny Hostin sparks debate after admitting she is &#8216;dismayed&#8217; that Diddy is still locked up | Daily Mail Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/femail\/none\/article\/other\/billboard.html --><\/p>\n<div data-video-hero=\"true\" data-platform=\"mol.web.desktop\" data-channel-color=\"femail\" data-geo=\"us\" data-reactroot=\"\">\n<div class=\"container--RfdTu\" data-videoid=\"3471835\">\n<div class=\"container--cyUpR\">\n<div class=\"hero--T6skX\">\n<div class=\"player--RMHxP vjs-video-container vjs-span-two-col\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"footer--cpk0p\">\n<h1 class=\"headline--chWWs\">The View&#8217;s Sunny Hostin sparks debate after admitting she is &#8216;dismayed&#8217; that Diddy is still locked up<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleWide cleared\">\n<div class=\"alpha\">\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" class=\"article-text wide  heading-tag-switch\">\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>LISTEN NOW: The verdict is in. 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It&#8217;s not a flight risk because all you have to do is figure out how to keep that person here in the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;You take away the passport, [have a] very, very hefty bond, you can also take away his plane, get an ankle monitor.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sunny&#8217;s opinion was obliterated on social media, with one writing: &#8216;You lost me Sunny. Diddy needs to stay his a**in jail.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Sunny is disappointed that the judge decided to keep Diddy in jail. Smh,&#8217; another added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Another, however, praised the host for her take, and said: &#8216;Sunny Hostin of the #TheView was spot on as regards the outcome of Diddy&#8217;s trial.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Elsewhere in the discussion, Sunny said that she believes Diddy &#8216;absolutely will get 20 years&#8217; in jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She continued: &#8216;The government is going to ask for four to five years, the defense is asking for two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;He&#8217;s been in prison already for 10 months. He&#8217;s been a porter, cleaning bathrooms.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">&#8216;I am a little dismayed by the fact that the judge kept Sean Combs in prison,&#8217; Sunny said on The View<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div id=\"v-4824628609907670480\" class=\"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col femail\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;God knows he could get pardoned by you know,&#8217; Whoopi then pointed out, referring to president Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ana Navarro added: &#8216;He could get pardoned by you know who but he also could probably face many, many civil lawsuits.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Last week, Diddy put his head in his hands and dropped to his knees when &#8216;not guilty&#8217; was announced for the racketeering conspiracy charge &#8211; and he did a subtle fist pump when &#8216;not guilty&#8217; was announced for the second of the two sex trafficking charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He turned to his family and mouthed &#8216;I&#8217;m going home&#8217; when the verdict was read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Diddy&#8217;s supporters erupted in cheers and his family left Manhattan court smiling after the rapper was handed the best possible verdict, besides a full acquittal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Prosecutor Maurene Comey said the government will seek a 20-year maximum for Combs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His defense requested he be freed on a $1 million bond, but he was denied bond and must remain in jail until his sentencing hearing on October 3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mobileGalleryModal\">\n<div class=\"canvas\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/femail\/none\/article\/other\/mpu_channel.html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The View&#8217;s Sunny Hostin sparks debate after admitting she is &#8216;dismayed&#8217; that Diddy is still locked up LISTEN NOW: The verdict is in. 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