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Combs’ Children Deliver Emotional Pleas for Leniency at Sentencing Hearing
New York, NY – At a poignant sentencing hearing in New York, the adult children of Sean “P. Diddy” Combs delivered emotional testimonies, pleading with the presiding judge for leniency and a chance for their family to heal together. Each of Combs’ six adult children took the stand, expressing profound fear over their father’s potential incarceration and vouching for what they described as his recent transformation.
D’Lila Combs choked back tears as she addressed the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse, articulating the family’s deep anxieties regarding their father’s future. “We are scared, scared of the thought of not having our dad and our mom present in our lives,” she stated.
She highlighted the distress of their two-year-old sister, who frequently asks for her father, adding, “We cannot watch our baby sister grow up fatherless the same way we had to grow up motherless.” D’Lila emphasized the cumulative loss the family has endured, urging the court to consider the ongoing pain: “Every day he remains incarcerated, we lose more and more.”
She concluded her heartfelt plea by asking the judge to allow her family “the chance to heal together, to rebuild, to change, to move forward, not as a headline but as human beings who are trying to do better.” She described the void as “a hole that can’t be filled,” confessing, “We are tired of being strong.”
Combs himself reportedly became visibly emotional as his children spoke. His eldest son, Quincy Brown, characterized his father as a “changed man,” asserting that “our father has learned his lesson.”
Brown noted a significant evolution in his father over recent weeks, stating, “Week after week we have seen him evolve – something we haven’t seen in 15 years. He’s completely transformed.
Our father will never, ever do anything to jeopardize his freedom.”
Daughter Jessie Combs echoed her siblings’ sentiments, emphasizing that his children “still need him present in our lives.”
Christian “King” Combs, also shedding tears on the stand, spoke of his father as his “hero,” remarking, “My entire life I studied my dad up and down — and to me my dad is the greatest man in the world, he’s my hero has been my hero, still is my superhero.” He credited his father with teaching him to “treat women with respect,” recalling how Diddy “treated my mother like a queen.”
Christian described his father as a man who helps people and spreads positive energy, noting a marked improvement in his demeanor during weekly visits. “He’s more patient, more relaxed, more trusting, more understanding.
He’s just a better man,” Christian testified, imploring the judge to “give my family grace.”
Justin Combs, 31, also appealed to the judge for a “second chance” for his father, expressing a desire for Diddy to “right his wrongs” and “be the man he truly is.” He described the period as the “toughest time I’ve ever been through,” adding, “My father is my superhero.
To see him broke down and stripped of everything is something I’ll never forget.” Justin claimed that his father’s time in custody had “probably saved my father’s life,” asserting that he is now “drug-free” and “clear headed.”
He affirmed, “I talk to my father every day — I can truly say he’s changed for the better,” believing Diddy “still has so much more to give the world, so much more to give his children.”
Quincy Brown concluded the family’s collective appeal, stating, “As his children, we want to thank you. We only wish to heal together.”