O.J. Simpson’s Lawyer Reveals Mistake Diddy Made Earlier than His Sentencing

Following a grueling authorized tussle regarding his felony intercourse costs, Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to 4 years in jail after being discovered responsible of transportation to interact in prostitution.

Throughout the courtroom session, the rapper maintained a composed look however grew to become emotional when his kids received the chance to deal with the courtroom.

O.J. Simpson’s legal professional Alan Dershowitz has now weighed in on the case, saying Sean “Diddy” Combs made a “silly and boastful” mistake that price him his freedom.

Whereas many on the web proceed to argue whether or not the length of the sentence was sufficient punishment for Diddy, authorized scholar and famed protection legal professional Alan Dershowitz has blasted him for the “silly and boastful” mistake he made earlier than the sentencing.

Experiences shared that the rapper was planning to pursue a public talking engagement in one other state, however the transfer didn’t sit proper with the Harvard legislation professor, who mentioned it was a “slap within the face” to the choose.

“I can not think about something extra silly than that,” Dershowitz advised Fox Information Digital. “How anyone permitted him to do this … It is only a slap within the face to the choose. It is outrageous. I can not think about any lawyer or any accountable individual permitting … I might have stop the case.”

The lawyer continued, “If I had been Diddy’s lawyer and Diddy had mentioned, ‘I am gonna make an association, and I’ll make it public.’ I might’ve mentioned, ‘Yeah, and you are going to get a brand new lawyer. I am not representing anyone who’s so silly and boastful.'”

He added, “I imply, I am not Dr. Kevorkian. I do not imagine in strolling my shoppers right into a demise chamber. And that was a kiss of demise.”

On Friday, U.S. District Choose Arun Subramanian handed down the 50-month sentence to the “Finna Get Free” rapper, additionally ordering 5 years of supervised launch and a $500,000 high quality.

Throughout the courtroom session, Diddy appeared composed. Nonetheless, he broke down in tears when his ex-girlfriend Kim Porter’s demise got here up in an 11-minute video the courtroom performed, which featured clips of him and his children after they had been youthful.

When he was given the possibility to talk, the Dangerous Boy Data founder apologized for his “sick” actions, significantly to his ex-girlfriend Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura, in addition to Jane Doe.

Throughout his sentencing, Diddy lamented dropping his freedom, companies, alternatives, and his household, including that he is “really sorry for all of it, it doesn’t matter what they are saying.”

The rapper confronted as much as 10 years in jail for every rely of the prostitution associated costs, and will have bagged extra however for his acquittal of the extra severe intercourse trafficking and racketeering costs.

Prosecutors had requested the choose to condemn him to 11 years in jail, however his legal professionals argued that he should not get greater than a 14-month sentence, of which he has spent greater than 12 months, as he has been staying on the infamous Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn since his arrest in September final 12 months.

Choose Subramanian in the end opted for 50 months in jail; nonetheless, because of Diddy receiving time served credit score, he’ll solely spend 36 months, in keeping with experiences.

In the meantime, the 11-minute video additionally did not sit nicely with O.J. Simpson’s lawyer, Robert Shapiro, who advised Fox Information that household testimony is “extraordinarily emotional,” however would usually open up room for judgment.

“I might think about there are lots of issues that he has finished which are optimistic,” Shapiro mentioned. “However he is received one huge unfavorable – that 11-minute video. Disappears with a 30-second video. And so a choose is weighing that, and the rules particularly enable for conduct not thought of within the tips.”

The authorized professional additionally defined that it is doable Choose Subramanian already knew how he was going to condemn Diddy even earlier than getting into courtroom on Friday.

“My expertise is that judges prematurely have a reasonably good concept of what the sentence is, and so they’re not going to be swayed tremendously,” the authorized professional mentioned.

He went on to elucidate that oftentimes, judges have finished their due diligence earlier than sentencing and would normally have an “define of what she or he goes to say.”

“And his had been easy – What you probably did and your conduct, and that was the important thing phrase, substantial sentence on your conduct, not on your crime,” Shapiro added, referencing Diddy’s case.