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News & Current Events Apr 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM

Federal appeals court hears arguments about overturning Sean 'Diddy' Combs’ conviction

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Judges appear skeptical of arguments seeking to reduce Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sentence
ABC News
Judges appear skeptical of arguments seeking to reduce Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sentence
A panel of judges appeared skeptical Thursday of arguments presented by Sean Combs' attorneys that the hip-hop mogul's prison sentence should be reduced.

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TriXter69 Apr 9, 2026 +633
Lets be honest, he's gonna get away with it
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95blackz26 Apr 9, 2026 +438
He already basically did. Dude got what 4 years which everyone knows should have been life..
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Gash_Stretchum Apr 9, 2026 +123
The prosecutor made no attempt to prove the actual theory of the crime. His business model, his racket, was not about selling sex. He was a drug trafficking money launderer. Those crimes would have been easily provable if they investigated the revenue of Bad Boy Records. They never did that. Drug crimes, financial crimes can be made with electronic surveillance and data-mining. They can find proof of those kinds of crimes. Sex comes are notoriously hard to prosecute due to a lack of persistent evidence. And that shit was the entire case. The problem is that if they did just, it would have implicated Universal Music Group and the entire industry. Epstein and Lucky Luciano were both drug trafficking, extortionists and yet they only got charged with sex crimes. Diddy is the same thing. The feds only charge the sex crimes because they want the money to keep flowing. The FBI isn’t trying to eradicate organized crime, they’re trying to manage it.
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darth_aardvark Apr 9, 2026 +38
Unrelated but very related: Sam Bankman-Fried had two cases lined up against him: One for the financial crimes that implicated him and only him, and one to investigate campaign finance violations for the millions he donated that would've likely implicated tons of politicians in addition to him. Guess which case got quietly dropped for no reason?
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KingDarius89 Apr 9, 2026 +7
For some reason I thought they got Lucky for something similar to Capone.
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Ha-Charade-You-Are Apr 10, 2026 +1
Yeah he already did
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Ice_Cream_Killer Apr 9, 2026 -11
You must not followed the case if you're saying he should have gotten life, lol...he didn't r*** or kidnap anyone. He basically paid to see his wife to get fucked by other men. What he was guilty of was transporting her across state lines for it to happen.
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Sleepingguitarman Apr 9, 2026 +6
Pretty sure he has raped/drugged several people
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Ice_Cream_Killer Apr 9, 2026 -15
Pretty sure he didnt. It was actually revealed that Cassie was the one who made threats to anyone's safety regarding the public knowing about her secret life as drug addict, nymphomaniac. P Diddy was guilty of just paying to watch, lol.
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Ok_Matter_2617 Apr 9, 2026 -293
He’s a shitty person but life?! For what?
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NightchadeBackAgain Apr 9, 2026 +175
LOTS of r***. This goes well past being a shitty person. He coerced, drugged, and forced many, many people (not all women) into sexual acts which he then recorded without their permission. Dude deserves to f****** rot.
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BiteyBenson Apr 9, 2026 +93
Telling on yourself a bit there, buddy.
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Ok_Matter_2617 Apr 9, 2026 -178
I don’t believe anyone should receive life in prison for a multitude of reasons.
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LatterTarget7 Apr 9, 2026 +81
If someone is consistently a danger to others they should be locked up longer than 4 years. Diddy raped and assaulted multiple people.
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Ok_Matter_2617 Apr 9, 2026 -137
There’s plenty of difference between 4 years and life.
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m1kasa4ckerman Apr 9, 2026 +71
Do you think he’s able to be rehabilitated? This wasn’t like he made a couple “mistakes”. His entire adulthood is built around power and disdain for humanity.
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Ok_Matter_2617 Apr 9, 2026 -16
I think in a better prison system than the way the American penal system is structured, he could be rehabilitated.
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justalittlebear01 Apr 9, 2026 +32
Some people are well beyond rehabilitation.
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James-W-Tate Apr 9, 2026 +26
I don't think you understand what you're talking about.
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IMOBY_Edmonton Apr 9, 2026 +11
Some people don't deserve rehabilitation, especially someone who has raped multiple individuals. There comes a point where through their actions they have preyed on society so much that they cannot be forgiven or allowed back into it, and the mercy we give as a civilized society is not resorting to a death penalty for these crimes.
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bimbo_baggins_ Apr 9, 2026 +3
I don’t think rapists can be rehabilitated.
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LatterTarget7 Apr 9, 2026 +20
Yes there is and Diddy deserves life for all the shit he’s done
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BiteyBenson Apr 9, 2026 +27
Life is special and precious. If one person would harm many, then that one person deserves to go away so that they don't. Again, pretty wild you're defending a guy who raped and assaulted roughly 120 people in his career, at least 25 of whom were minors. That is not a man who is sorry, or penitent, or trying to get help. That's a monster that deserves to be locked up and the key melted down.
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Ok_Matter_2617 Apr 9, 2026 -3
Nowhere did I defend him. I simply stated that he doesn’t deserve life in prison, because no one does.
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BiteyBenson Apr 9, 2026 +17
Okay, then please elaborate more on your viewpoints regarding life in prison, why you dislike it as a punishment, and your thoughts on what a better punishment might be.
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Ok_Matter_2617 Apr 9, 2026 -1
Because a life without possibility of parole sentence is inhumane, as established by the European Courts for Human Rights & has not been proven to be a deterrent to crime in any way. It also gives prisoners zero incentive for reform and thus results in increased prison violence.
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nonchalantahole Apr 9, 2026 +13
So serial killers and serial rapist deserve a chance now? People who kill for the hell of it shouldn’t even get prison time, just death. Same death they inflicted on their victim. Assuming it was proven 100% without a doubt that he/she was the killer. People who end other peoples lives should be put down, we put down animals for biting and we go and kill predators when they kill one of ours.
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Sleepingguitarman Apr 9, 2026 +2
Are you dead set on your belief, or do you believe there's exceptions? Lets say hypothetically there's a serial killer who abducts, tortures, rapes and kills 20 people over the span of a few years, do you think they should get life?
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Wartortise Apr 9, 2026 +9
Tell that to serial killers, they would love you
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curious-spice Apr 9, 2026 +1
> I don’t believe anyone should receive life in prison for a multitude of reasons. So by your logic every single serial killer should be released eventually??
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m1kasa4ckerman Apr 9, 2026 +46
For the amount of crimes he committed and serving time for each of them. I’d imagine a lot of money is being exchanged behind closed doors. The case was fumbled and it’s very confusing as to why, since they had a boatload of evidence. He was only found guilty of 2 prostitution charges. He completely evaded the charges of sex trafficking by force and racketeering - which would’ve been the highest offenses. He should’ve gotten years for the domestic violence alone. Insane that he isn’t even being charged with DV (iirc, due to statute of limitations) when it was happening for years and we have a clear as day video of it. But it’s important to remember who created our legal system in the first place, and who benefits from it. Powerful men often (*often, not always) get away with their crimes. And your average Joe gets away with DV and r*** every single day. Our system is not fair or just.
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Ok_Matter_2617 Apr 9, 2026 -36
I agree with all of your points, but life in prison isn’t a viable punishment for anything you listed
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m1kasa4ckerman Apr 9, 2026 +26
It is though, if you look up the sentencing for each of those crimes and how many he committed. You could even go easy on him and whatever years add up to the rest of his life, vs “life”.
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Ok_Matter_2617 Apr 9, 2026 -13
Then that is the sentence he should have received. Not life
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TheKingOfSpores Apr 9, 2026 +13
This is such a strange hill to die on
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jaytee1262 Apr 9, 2026 +17
If a 50 year old gets a 60 year sentence, that's a life sentence. Doesn't really matter how many years if there is no way of leaving alive.
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Ok_Matter_2617 Apr 9, 2026 -7
Life without the possibility of parole & 60 years are not the same sentence
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hnbastronaut Apr 9, 2026 +21
This is called being pedantic
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Ecstatic-Art5745 Apr 9, 2026 +19
So 100 rapes should have the same punishment as 1?
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Ok_Matter_2617 Apr 9, 2026 -11
I must have missed the part where I said that. I made a simple statement. You created another one in your head, you should work on that.
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95blackz26 Apr 9, 2026 +8
Didn't danny Masterson get life for raping like 2 girls. That's nothing in the scale of what Diddy did.
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Odd_Ingenuity2883 Apr 9, 2026 +12
He is directly responsible for several murders and it’s not even disputed. Plus all the sex trafficking and r***.
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progrethth Apr 10, 2026 +3
But none of that was proven in court. He is almost certainly a horrible person, but we cannot just lock up people without proof.
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nigpaw_rudy Apr 9, 2026 +2
It must be nice to live in your fantasy world
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progrethth Apr 10, 2026 +3
You mean the real world where there was no proof for any of the more serious allegations he was in court for. We cannot lock him up just because he is a horrible person who has almost certainly committed other unrelated crimes.
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Mark_Luther Apr 9, 2026 +24
Though one thing that needs to be stressed is how much of that is the prosecution's fault for going for RICO charges. There is this incorrect perception that Diddy was on trial for prostitution, sexual assault, etc, when in reality all of that testimony was only being used to support a RICO case.
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joshspoon Apr 9, 2026 +5
Then tour with Kanye.
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dmont89 Apr 9, 2026 +5
Real question is what position is he getting in the government
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AudibleNod Apr 9, 2026 +378
>"He sits in prison today, serving a 50-month sentence, because the district judge acted as a thirteenth juror," Combs' lawyers wrote in their appeal. Cool sound bite. >His lawyers claim that Combs was merely "creating typical amateur p**********" by transporting e****** across state lines to engage in lengthy drug-fueled sex parties known as "freak offs." You know... typical amateur p***. With hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of drugs and a fetishist's amount of baby oil.
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DubSket Apr 9, 2026 +121
"But your honour, how am I supposed to create 'typical amateur p**********' without trafficking exploited people across statelines?! I thought this was America!"
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AudibleNod Apr 9, 2026 +36
"You're honor, if I didn't make my victims, I mean my amateur actors, take drugs to 'act'; then I'd have to hit them over the head like a caveman. If you think about it, I'm the hero." -Diddy, probably
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VentureQuotes Apr 9, 2026 +8
“This is America, we spell it ‘honor’”
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jtwh20 Apr 9, 2026 +63
Roofie laced baby oil
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Sleepingguitarman Apr 9, 2026 +3
Did they ever prove that the baby oil was drugged? As far as i'm aware ghb doesn't absorb dermally. It'd be more likely that a ghb solution was just stored in baby oil containers as a way to disguise the possesion of it, since the substance often tends to be dissolved in water. It has got to be the foulest tasting substance i've ever tried. I used to be addicted to it and it tastes like how i'd imagine a sweaty jock-strap that's been dragged through saltwater would taste. Blahhhh
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full_bodied_muppet Apr 9, 2026 +15
What is that "thirteenth juror" comment even supposed to mean? Hopefully appeals judges would see right through that nonsense.
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ZombieAstronaut Apr 9, 2026 +16
When I had jury duty for a criminal offense against minors, the presiding judge explained to us that he was not to be viewed as a participant in deciding if the defendant was guilty or not. That was our job as the jurors. His job was to explain the laws which the defendant was being accused of breaking, oversee the evidence submissions and witness testimonies, and ensure order in the court. In our case, the public defender actually argued that due to just hearing the severity of the charges, it's likely some of us could have already predetermined the defendant's guilt. I imagine Diddy's lawyer is accusing the judge of injecting bias in the questions or attempting to sway the twelve jurors towards a decision, effectively becoming a thirteenth juror.
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TheDetailsMatterNow Apr 9, 2026 +5
The judge is being accused of punishing Combs for conduct the jury rejected. > who added that a lengthy sentence was needed "to send a message to abusers and victims alike that exploitation and violence against women is met with real accountability. He was only found of transporting 2 people for prostitution. He was acquitted of the more serious charges but still had the book thrown at him for conduct tied to charges he wasn't found guilty of or even charged with. They actually have a strong case the judge acted prejudice...because they admitted to it in their ruling.
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M1sfit_Jammer Apr 9, 2026 +18
The amount of baby oil is crazy but there is nothing illegal about it Drugs and human trafficking… totally illegal
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Significant-Cause919 Apr 9, 2026 +1
You know in America prostitution is legal as long as a camera is filming. That's not even a joke, lol. Then again, what he participated in was way worse than prostitution but that is unfortunately not what he got charged for.
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EmotionalHighway Apr 9, 2026 -36
I mean wouldn’t you if you could?
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BBanner Apr 9, 2026 +5
No? Are you crazy?
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Random_Person_246810 Apr 9, 2026 +443
Literally all he has to do is openly pledge allegiance to Trump and send him some cash, and he will be pardoned.
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AudibleNod Apr 9, 2026 +117
[Trump pardon not off table in sex crimes case](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/diddy-scores-legal-victory-trump-pardon-not-off-table-sex-crimes-case-experts)
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johnmudd Apr 9, 2026 +53
Or ask the judge to let him travel outside the US to get therapy.
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AudibleNod Apr 9, 2026 +39
My therapy is in a non-extradition country where I'm treated like a demi-god.
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Sweatytubesock Apr 9, 2026 +13
Just send Trump a shitty gold plated trinket and you’re golden.
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Ok-disaster2022 Apr 9, 2026 +5
Just give him a call be nice to him and say you nice things to him and donate a few million to the "ballroom' and youll get your pardon. 
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SwissChzMcGeez Apr 9, 2026 +3
I mean look at Kanye.
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Acceptable-File-3995 Apr 9, 2026 -4
Not even close to the same thing, but you know that already and are baiting
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xavPa-64 Apr 9, 2026 -1
Not really
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Surturius Apr 9, 2026 +47
"Your honor, the previous ruling failed to take into consideration that my client is very rich."
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Corporate-Scum Apr 9, 2026 +26
He’s a monster and we can hate him forever.
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Bishopjones2112 Apr 9, 2026 +10
See this right here is what people refer to when they talk about “the Epstein class”. Rich and famous people who are treated different legally because of their status. If this was a guy you have never heard of before, jail time would be long and not questioned at all. Just like every other person in the Epstein files. That whole to catch a predator put away tons of people for a long time and yet according to the DOJ there is no evidence in the Epstein files. WTF?
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Ok_Replacement4702 Apr 9, 2026 +5
That Diddy.....he's a slippery one
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vasta2 Apr 9, 2026 +8
Imagine being rich and breaking the law and getting a slap on the wrist, average joes get sent to prison
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BoopinSnoots24-7 Apr 9, 2026 +3
Diddy is in prison...?
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tetzy Apr 9, 2026 +16
Saddest part? Look at what happened to Chris Brown: His core audience never once turned away from him. In five years, Sean Combs will be welcomed back as a genius and be just as adulated as he was before we learned who he really is.
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KingDarius89 Apr 9, 2026 +7
Diddy was never considered much of an artist.
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TwelveToesDown Apr 9, 2026 +6
Chris Brown didn’t have 50 on his neck.
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mandalorian_guy Apr 9, 2026 +5
Chris Brown at least is a talented singer and dancer, Diddy isn't. No one is going to see Diddy in concert because he is the worst part of every song he's on.
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thereisacowlvl Apr 9, 2026 +9
"If the sitting United States President can do it, why can't my client your Honor?"
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MrTwoStroke Apr 9, 2026 +10
Trump's gonna let him out because America is the Purge if you're rich enough
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nuke_em_danno Apr 9, 2026 +3
He can afford a pardon so he'll be fine.
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PigFarmer1 Apr 9, 2026 +4
Just fork over the money and buy that King Donnie pardon, cheapskate...
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KingDarius89 Apr 9, 2026 +2
He doesn't want to pay the surcharge for being black.
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EvlMidgt Apr 9, 2026 +1
The US is a great place to be a sex offender. No consequences or anything. 🖕🏻
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IMA_5-STAR_MAN Apr 9, 2026 +3
Wasting courts time should be punishable. You want to overturn this conviction? Ok, we'll hear it. But if it fails we're adding 2 years.
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blahmeh2019 Apr 9, 2026 +1
It isnt a waste of time because there is a chance that he'll actually get away with everything.
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moviez0ne Apr 10, 2026 +1
I absolutely cannot with this country
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bluedawne- Apr 10, 2026 +1
He is such a disgusting human. I cannot unsee how he beat on Cassie in that hotel hallway. Despicable.
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Unicorn_Wrangler5 Apr 9, 2026 -1
Why not. Sexual assault isn’t a real crime according to our administration.
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avengers93 Apr 9, 2026 +3
I was surprised when he got jailed because since when did rich guys started going to prison?
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wickedsuccubi Apr 9, 2026 +1
When they are black
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Bleakwind Apr 9, 2026 +2
Where them gangster in prisons when you want them. Don’t they usually rough up these kinda monsters?
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KingDarius89 Apr 9, 2026 +3
They target pedophiles.
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bellacreamtayy Apr 9, 2026 +1
its insane how short of a sentence he got and he still might get less?
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progrethth Apr 10, 2026 +1
Not at all. The RICO charge was bullshit and the trafficking charges weak. Just because he has committed other crimes, that they did not charge him for, does not mean they can just lock him up. Even scumbags like him should get a trial. Four years is pretty harsh for the few things they actually could prove in court.
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EmotionalHighway Apr 9, 2026 +1
Have they seen the documentary?
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Kalelisagod Apr 10, 2026 +1
How has Trump not pardoned him yet? This is his big power getting diddlers off the hook
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TiredOfBeingTired28 Apr 9, 2026 -1
As ever in murka, have money is only issue to getting away with anything and everything.
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ShatterProofDick Apr 9, 2026 -2
Is the argument money?
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