I am so scared that if he walks free, his first actions will be swift retribution toward me and others who spoke up about his abuse at trial. Those were the haunting words of victim Jane who offered her own victim impact statement. It was not just some abstract

fear. Jane had already testified a trial under a pseudonym because she was terrified of Sean

Diddy Combs's reach and his resources. Her victim impact statement put the judge and the public both on notice.

She believed release would equal retaliation. And this is something Judge Arun's supermanian had a way

very seriously. And it goes to the heart of why prosecutors push for over a decade for Sean

Combs inside a prison. They didn't quite get it, saying that he wasn't just dangerous in the past,

but he is still a big threat even now. Welcome to the global phenomenon, surviving the survivor, where we bring you the best guests

in all of true crime.

Here's your host, Emmy Award winning journalist Joel Waldman.

What's up, St.S. Nation?

Welcome to Survive and Survivor.

This is the show that brings you to the very best guests in

all of true crime as well as trial coverage and we were at sean diddy combs's trial

for the opening statements and for the first week of the case and man what a trial it was

as it stretched on for weeks.

No different today.

Sentencing stretched on all day long in downtown Manhattan at the federal courthouse

with arguments from both sides and emotional victim impact statements and a combative back and forth over what is fair.

And at the end, Judge Arun-Supermanian, who is a very strong presence inside the courtroom, basically split the difference between time served and the 11 years that the government

was asking for as he handed down a 50-month prison sentence covering what happened inside the

courtroom during sentencing, the victim's voices, ditties numerous apologies, the prosecution's

push, as I said, for 11 years, the defense is countered to say, hey, it should just be time served,

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