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

Following a grueling authorized tussle referring to his prison intercourse prices, Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to 4 years in jail after being discovered responsible of transportation to have interaction in prostitution.

In the course of the courtroom session, the rapper maintained a composed look however grew to become emotional when his youngsters acquired the chance to handle the courtroom.

O.J. Simpson’s lawyer 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 period of the sentence was sufficient punishment for Diddy, authorized scholar and famed protection lawyer Alan Dershowitz has blasted him for the “silly and boastful” mistake he made earlier than the sentencing.

Stories 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 try 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 give up 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 someone who’s so silly and boastful.'”

He added, “I imply, I am not Dr. Kevorkian. I do not consider in strolling my purchasers right into a loss of life chamber. And that was a kiss of loss of life.”

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.

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

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

Throughout his sentencing, Diddy lamented shedding 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 depend of the prostitution associated prices, and will have bagged extra however for his acquittal of the extra critical intercourse trafficking and racketeering prices.

Prosecutors had requested the choose to condemn him to 11 years in jail, however his attorneys 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 Middle in Brooklyn since his arrest in September final yr.

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

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 performed which might be constructive,” Shapiro mentioned. “However he is acquired one large damaging – that 11-minute video. Disappears with a 30-second video. And so a choose is weighing that, and the rules particularly permit for conduct not thought-about within the tips.”

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

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

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

“And his have 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.