3 October 2025

17 minutes

Available for over a year

Sean "Diddy" Combs has been sentenced to more than four years in prison on prostitution charges.

He was convicted of flying girlfriends and male sex workers across the US for sexual encounters which he called “freak offs”. He was cleared of the more serious counts of sex trafficking and racketeering.

In addition to the prison time, Judge Arun Subramanian also imposed a $500,000 fine. He told Combs he used his power to subjugate and abuse two women. "This is the reality of what happened," he said.

Host Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty from the Diddy on Trial podcast brings you all the news from inside the courtroom with New York reporter Nada Tawfik.

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Host: Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty

Series Producer: Vicky Farncombe

Senior Impact Producer: Melanie Stewart-Smith

Production Coordinator: Tammy Snow

Technical Producer: Nicky Edwards

Editor: Clare Fordham

Assistant Commissioning Producer: Rechmial Miller

Commissioning Producer: Adam Eland

Assistant Commissioner: Will Drysdale

Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts