Combs' Agnifilo: We are proposing mental health treatment, a domestic violence program. Sometimes group programs are the best. October is domestic violence awareness mind. I'm not asking for a light sentence. I'm asking for mental health, the root problem
OK - now US v Sean Combs sentencing starts. US wants 11 years, he wants time served; today he has a video & at least 4 lawyers to speak. Opposed "Mia," but she will speak. Inner City Press wrote the book amazon.com/dp/B0DHP7YF19 and will live tweet, thread below
Combs' Agnifilo: He found in the microfilm there how his father died, in a drug deal gone bad. Maybe that's the trauma. He had major depressive disorder. OK. I'm going to sit down in five minutes, then Ms. Slavik, and Mr. Combs, the last word
Giovanni Sairras: Judge, we are eager to work with Mr. Combs in the same way. We have established engagements in communities in need. Lastly, our mission is centered in the idea that those closest to the problem will solve it.
Judge: Okay, thank you very much.
Combs' Donaldson: We have a speaker ready to say that these are not speaking engagements. May he? It's the executive director of Re-entry One.
Judge: What is the gentleman's name?
Donaldson: Giovanni-
Judge: I have a letter from these others. 1 minute is fine
Combs' Donaldson: Here in SDNY, we've had US Senators prosecuted here. I dare anyone to say anyone else in the past 30 years did what he did in the MDC. The true Sean Combs came back
Reverend: You have been very honorable in this court.
Combs' Steel: We'll have Mr. Donaldson.
Combs' Xavier Donaldson: It's been a long day but I think it's been worth it. I want the record to be clear that Mr. Combs is not a pimp.
@luhhjiggy@innercitypress It was forced when he was beating Cassie and dragging her by the hair leaving a FO you sound as dumb as your profile picture looks ! 😑
@innercitypress This is the dumbest trial ever. Not a single person can name a crime he did besides prostitution, which are between GROWN adults and was not forced. All of you need education on the law and i bet if this was their family u wouldnt be bringing the same energy
Combs' Steel: We ask Sean to be able to have a 14 month sentence. He has taken full accountability. He's not using drug addiction as a crutch. He is saying he wants to repair, he will never be a danger. He is a civil rights leader
Combs' Steel: This was a voluntary sexual encounter, consented to by adults. I agree with Ms. Shapiro. This is issue preclusion, double jeopardy, a due process violation.
Combs' Steel: October 6 is not a speaking engagement. It is that people realize he is different. He can speak about drugs, about putting your hands on a woman. He can change people's lives. It is not a speaking engagement - it is a healing
Combs' Steel: Some in the media, not all, who have written that Sean is an outcast, a leper. That is not true. He has done things I would only dream of doing.... There is a man released to his home - Charles Scruggs. He can speak, he is by the phone now