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For Sean 'Diddy' Combs, could a lesser conviction mean a greater public rehabilitation?
Combs, 55, has yet to be sentenced and faces the likelihood of prison time, but he no longer faces the prospect of spending most of the rest of his life behind bars.
For nearly two years, a nearly nonstop parade of allegations and revelations has ravaged and unraveled Sean "Diddy" Combs' carefully cultivated reputation as an affable celebrity entrepreneur, A-list party host, Grammy-winning artist and music executive, brand ambassador and reality TV star. His long reputational fall began when his former longtime girlfriend and R&B singer Cassie, the criminal trial's key witness, sued him in November 2023, alleging years of sexual and physical abuse. The later revelation that feds had seized 1,000 bottles of baby oil and other lubricant entered the popular culture immediately.Fellow celebrities were called out for past Diddy associations — though no others were implicated in the criminal allegations.The May 2024 leak of a video of Combs beating Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway eight years earlier was arguably just as damaging, if not more, than the initial wave of allegations.
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