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by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 28 – At 12:26 am on September 29-20, 2025, the US Attorney's Office filed a sentencing memo on Sean Combs, asking for 135 months imprisonment on October 3. Memo on Patreon here.

Just over a year before at 4:30 pm on September 16, 2024 Inner City Press was told by its SDNY source to expect "the big one" - Sean Combs - the next day in an SDNY courtroom.

[Inner City Press published a first book / audio book Diddy Do It? on Sept 20 on Amazon here. Now sentencing book here.

On July 2 the jury came back with not guilty on RICO and sex trafficking, guilty on counts 3 and 5, transportation for prostitution.

On October 3 Inner City Press live tweeted the sentencing, 10 am to 5 pm, here, resulting in a 50 month sentence.

Then it published an ebook here, audiobook here

Judge Subramanian signed off - and on October 8 docketed an Order of Forfeiture - on Patreon here

On October 20, notice of appeal was filed.

On December 9 Clayton Howard wrote in to Judge Subramanian seeking Victim's Rights, attaching his email to Teny Geragos, on Patreon here

On December 23, the US Attorney's Office wrote in opposing: "Howard argues that because the Government counted him as a victim for the purpose of Combs’s Guidelines calculation, he must be a victim under the CVRA, but this argument fails to appreciate the different definition of “victim” in the CVRA and the Guidelines.... even if he were a CVRA victim, Howard is similarly not entitled to the other relief he seeks. For example, Howard requests “all case materials” “relating to his victimization.” (Dkt. No. 552 ¶ 3). But “[t]he CVRA . . . does not authorize an unbridled gallop to any and all information in the government’s files" - 5 page filing on Patreon here

On January 6 Judge Subramanian granted Clayton Howard's request to file an oversized brief, letter and endorsement on Patreon here

On January 28 Clayton Howard docketed another request: "MOTION pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3771, will move this Court at the earliest practicable date for an Order: 1. Granting Clayton Howard CM/ECF filing access in this criminal proceeding pursuant to SDNY Local Criminal Rule 49.1 and 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a)(4); 2. Directing expedited processing of all victim filings submitted by Clayton Howard pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3771(d)(3); and 3. Authorizing Clayton Howard to provide courtesy copies of filings directly to chambers following official filing through the Clerk's Office, to ensure compliance with Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 45 and the Court's case management deadlines. Document filed by Clayton Howard, Crime Victim-Movant, as to USA v. Sean Combs."

more on X for Subscribers here and Substack here

The case is USA v. Combs, 1:24-cr-542 (Subramanian)

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