No way should the court grant Sean “Diddy” Combs’ request to do his hard time in home confinement on his private Miami island.
Yes, he avoided guilty verdicts on the most serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking, which could’ve landed him a lifetime behind bars, but his convictions are still serious.
They include two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution — meaning he hired male escorts, flew them across the country, then forced his girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, and another unnamed woman to have sex with them.
And yes, that’s the Cassie that a hotel security tape shows Diddy brutally attacking then dragging across the floor.
House arrest at Combs’ palatial compound — worth a staggering $48.5 million — isn’t a punishment at all, it’s a vacation.
The 14,800-square-foot mansion on Star Island, one of the priciest zip codes in America, features multiple pools, a spa and even cabana-style pool houses; it’s not Rikers but Ritz Carlton.
Plus, it’s the scene of many of his drug-fueled “freak-offs”: The feds’ raid of the home last March found AR-15s, a cornucopia of drugs, boxes full of stripper heels, baskets full of lube and an array of sex toys.
Saying “it’s impossible” for Combs “to show he poses no danger to any person,” Judge Arun Subramian has already denied his request for a $50 million bond to await sentencing at his Miami estate, leaving him in a Brooklyn detention center where he belongs.
Sounds like Diddy is headed not to “jail at home” but to something a lot closer to the 51-to 63 months in prison that federal prosecutors want, which is at least a start on real justice.