Lauren LaRosa (2:21)
All right, y', all, so I just got out of court. You guys know by now that Diddy was sentenced to 50 months, which is four years in prison. The last video I made, I said to that I thought the judge was going to throw the book at Diddy. And I meant that I thought diddy was going to be looking at anywhere from like seven to ten years. And I was thinking more so like maybe eight with the year, you know, time served or whatever. Or seven. Yeah, seven or eight years. And then we went in court, and it completely changed, yo. Like, I mean, did he speaking for himself, like, it was a. I mean, you had. You had a lot of factors, right? I think definitely Diddy speaking for himself. I want to read to you the words that Diddy said, because Diddy speaking for himself today, and he said it's been so hard for him to be quiet because, I mean, you're talking about his fate, his future, his life here. And he said it's been so hard for him to be quiet. I had to think about it, too. When he said that, I'm like, diddy has. Has been. You welcome. Diddy has been a boss. He has been in charge of his own life and career. I'll put it right here. Has been in. In charge of his own life and career for as long as we've known him. Like, Sean Diddy Combs has been the driver. He's been the man, the go to calling on the shots for as long as we've known him. And he said it was so hard for him to sit quiet and listen to people talk about him and talk about things he did or he didn't do. But I'm gonna tell y' all something. I'm glad that he didn't talk. I'm glad that the first time we saw Diddy and heard didn't speak in full length was today at the time that he spoke, because it saved him, I think, when Diddy spoke and took accountability for some things, the judge not only saw, because, you know, looking when you sentencing, you're looking at the totality of the person. It's not just, you know, what does the prostitution think? What does the government think? What does the sentencing guideline think? It's like, who is this person in the world? And it's like, really a thing of are they better in or better out? And the judge said, look, you need to stay in because I don't believe you. And I don't believe that, you know what. What you're. I don't believe that what you're telling me right now is true, but I do believe one day it will be. And if it is. Hey, girl, don't crash. I love you. Thank you. Love you, too. Here you go, Ms. Kendall Goldman. Okay. Dry say yeah. So the judge is like, listen, as much as I believe you're this you're this motivational man, this man that has accomplished so much, despite the fact that you lost your father at a young age and you've been trying to figure it out and whatever. You need to sit down. You need to sit down. You need to take some time. But I think where. Where this worked out well for Diddy was the judge. First of all, I think it being 20, 25 and people having to consider things like mental health and, you know, like, what rehabilitation really looks like a lot differently than we've always known the jails and the prisons to do really worked in his favor as well, because this judge said, you need to sit down and really get some time with yourself and really just feel the consequence of what you did. But then we also need to think about what your mental health looks like, your drug addiction. How do we help you with that as well, too? So Diddy stood up, and he said, first of all, they asked for a comfort break. When we came back in, we literally took a break for, you know, for us to come back in, Brian still to speak. We took a break after. Brian still spoke, one of Diddy's attorneys. And then they said, can we have a comfort break? 10 minutes. So the judge is like, yes, they wanted that comfort break. Before Diddy got up and spoke. Diddy wanted to get himself together. We come back, Diddy's about to speak. He asked for another five more minutes. I'm like, oh, he is nervous, right? So until I keep moving Patrick in, because I'm trying to get this, I want y' all to see everything that's happening in the background with the courthouse and all the cars and the people and the cameras and just the movement. So Diddy finally speaks, right? And he says, thanks, judge, for allowing me to speak up for myself. It's been hard not to be able to speak up for myself and talk about how sorry I am. He then starts apologizing. He says, I apologize to Cassie. He says, you know, and I don't take that apology lightly. I apologize to her family. I apologize to Jane. I didn't mean to hurt you. I'm sorry I brought you into my message. I apologize to all domestic violence victims because I know that that video on CNN triggered so many people around the world. He says, it was disgusting. It was shameful. It was sick. He says, Diddy admit he was sick. He says that, you know, he was out of control. He needed help, and he failed. He didn't go get help. He failed. He says he can't make any excuses because he knew Better. He says, I knew better. I was raised to do better. And I was like, when you said that I knew better, I was raised to do better. I'm like, that's already going over. The judge because the judge has made a point to say this is not, this isn't new. This has been happening for over a decade. You're 50 something years old when a lot of these things had happened. So he says, I can't make any excuses because I knew better. I was raised to do better. My mother raised me better, my faith raised me better. He says, you know, he got lost in his journey. He says, I'm just a man. I'm a man. I'm not this larger than life person at the core. At my core, I'm just a man. And I got lost in my journey. This eight too. He said, I got lost in my ego. The reason why I say that 8 not because it may be like, oh my God, did he did it Diddy. I'm like, this is what the judge was speaking to, literally was speaking to before we went to lunch when I told y' all I think it's a rap for him. And I told y', all if he's smart, he better readjust his, his mental what he's going to say. And you need to speak to exactly what the judge says he does not see or feel from you. And that is exactly what he did. He took them cues and did exactly what he was supposed to. And I do believe it was genuine as well too. He, you know, I lost everything. I lost my career, I lost my reputation, I lost my ability to raise my kids and help my mom. I lost my self respect, I lost my businesses. They talked a lot about him not having money anymore. He said, right now I hate myself. He says, I've been stripped down to nothing. I really am sorry. No matter what they say. And when he says they, he's talking about the prosecution, he turns to his kids at this point, he apologizes to them. He says, I failed you all as a dad. And he begins to break down in tears. He apologized to his mom and he says, you know, I failed you as a son. He says, I'm sorry, mom. You taught me better. To whom much is expected. Much is given. I'm sorry. To whom much is given, Much is expected. Did, he says, and he says, I felt my community. I just wanted to be an example of what we could do if we were able to solve our own problems, have our own things. I just got lost. I'm not this bad person.
