Madison McGaw/BFA.com/Shutterstock; John Shearer/Gett Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Friday, Oct. 3 The sentencing came following a nearly two-month federal trial After the news, Casandra "Cassie" Ventura's lawyers spoke out in a statement Casandra "Cassie" Ventura's lawyers are speaking out afterSean "Diddy" Combswassentenced to 50 months in prison. On Friday, Oct. 3, the former music mogul wassentenced to more than four years in prisonfollowing anearly two-month federal trialthat ended with him being convicted ontwo counts of transportation to engage in prostitutionin July. He wasacquittedof sex trafficking and racketeering charges. Combs was given credit for time served and will serve a prison term of 36 months, or three years. Judge Arun Subramanian also sentenced Combs to five years of supervised release and imposed a $500,000 fine, the maximum allowable fine. Paras Griffin/Getty "While nothing can undo the trauma caused by Combs, the sentence imposed today recognizes the impact of the serious offenses he committed," Ventura's attorneys Douglas Wigdor and Meredith Firetog (Wigdor LLP) said in a statement. "We are confident that with the support of her family and friends, Ms. Ventura will continue healing knowing that her bravery and fortitude have been an inspiration to so many," their statement continued. In November 2023,Cassie filed a lawsuit in New York against Diddy, whomshe dated on-again-off-againfrom 2007 to 2018,accusing him of sexual assault and physical abuse. AP While the twosettledone day after she filed the lawsuit,a 2016 video surfacedof Combs allegedly physically assaulting the "Me & U" hitmaker at a hotel. The former rapperwould then face multiple other sex crime allegations, leading to his Los Angeles and Miami homes beingraided by Homeland Security Investigations in Marchandhis arrest that September. Ventura, whileeight months pregnant with her third child,testified during Combs' sex trafficking trialand gave raw insight into their former relationship andthe alleged "Freak Off" sex parties. Days after completing her multiday emotional testimony, Ventura welcomed herthird baby, a boy, with husbandAlex Fine. The singer would go on toexpress her fear of "swift retribution" by Combs and his associatesin a letter to the judge shortly before his sentencing, asking him to consider "the many lives that Sean Combs has upended with his abuse and control." Combswrote a letter to the judgesaying he was "dead wrong for putting my hands on the woman that I loved," saying he was "sorry for that and always will be."He also apologized to her in courton the day of his sentencing, expressing that he didn't take the "harm" he caused Combs "lightly." alex fine /instagram Fine, meanwhile, reacted to Combs' sentencing bysharing a letter he wrote to domestic abusers and survivorson his Instagram Stories from May 2024. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE's free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go tothehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages. Read the original article onPeople
