Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is likely to serve months — not years — behind bars in what may be the most expensive prostitution trial in American history, experts said after a stunning verdict Wednesday morning.
The 55-year-old rapper will probably get a much lighter sentence than the 20 years maximum he faces for his two prostitution charge convictions stemming from shipping escorts across state lines, former federal prosecutor Mitchell Epner told The Post.
The disgraced entrepreneur had faced life in prison if convicted on the most serious counts.
“The convictions for interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution likely will lead to a sentence that will be measured in months, not years,” Epner said. “The starting point under the US Sentencing Guidelines will be a sentencing range of 15 to 21 months.”
That sentencing range will be argued by lawyers on both sides and so could end up being a different figure than that starting point.
Combs, however, has already been in jail for nearly 10 months since his Sept. 16 arrest — meaning he may have already served most of his time when he’s sentenced, possibly a few months from now.
Judge Arun Subramanian may also grant Combs’ request to be released on bail, Epner said.
“I think that the court may grant it, given that Sean Combs has been held in MDC — one of the worst prisons in America — and likely would serve any additional sentence at a low-security prison or possibly even a barracks-style camp,” the lawyer said.
Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor and legal commentator, agreed that Combs isn’t likely to do much time.
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“He is likely going to get little to no time,” he told People magazine.
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“He may even get time served and prostitution has a 10 year maximum. But the fact that he was acquitted of the most serious counts, the government would not have brought this case had they thought they could only get prostitution,” Rahmani said.
“[This was] a huge overwhelming win by the defense and a tremendous loss for the prosecution,” said Rahmani. “There is no other way to spin it. This is the most expensive prostitution trial in American history.”
