Diddy is already attempting to rehabilitate himself -- he's enrolling in self-improvement programs while in federal lockup to address his drug use and violence against women.
00:00We got some information. We broke this story a couple hours ago.
00:04Diddy is behind bars, but he is enrolled in two classes in jail.
00:12A class for drug abuse and one for domestic violence.
00:18Domestic violence. These are programs that are offered by the federal government in the prison system for inmates.
00:25And he is enrolled in both of these programs.
00:27He's also, we're told, in therapy, separate from those two programs.
00:34And all of these things that he's doing, typically, for one reason, to look good for the judge.
00:42Well, it's important because sentencing comes up October 3rd.
00:46And Diddy, look, everything that I know tells me that he will get between one and two years.
00:55And I think it's going to be closer to one.
00:58Prosecution is asking for four. That's just not going to happen for a Mann Act violation.
01:03So if that's right, look, he wants to get the lowest he can get.
01:08And I think it's going to be between that one and two range.
01:11To get the one, I think he's got to show the judge that he is taking his misdeed seriously.
01:17Right. And by the way, we know that even when the judge said that he was not going to let him out on bail pending sentencing, one of the things he mentioned was his violence.
01:29You know, we've seen his violence.
01:32Exactly.
01:32So he knows that this is an issue for the judge.
01:34And the defense conceded it.
01:35Right. So that's something he definitely has to address.
01:40And that's what he's doing with this program.
01:42You know, Charles, he doesn't have to address it, but he is addressing it.
01:47And, you know, this this might help him with regards to his sentence.
01:56Maybe the judge might sentence him to lesser time because he's working on himself.
02:03But, you know, but, but, Jamie, you know, you know what the complication here is, is that he's been found not guilty on the charges that relate to drug use and domestic violence, that he, that, that there was no conviction using force, fraud or coercion in these three ways and drugs.
02:22The Cassie video was off the table.
02:24The only thing he's been convicted of is taking a prostitute across state lines for the purpose of prostitution.
02:30But can't the judge consider all of the testimony in the, that, that was presented at the trial?
02:40But the defense is going to say he was found not guilty on those things.
02:44So it's really kind of an interesting.
02:46There's that, but there's another side of this.
02:49And, Jamie, there, you've been working on this story for five days now to lock this down.
02:54But what was the, there was one key word, the, one of the sources you spoke to, you remember what that word was?
03:00Yeah, redemption.
03:02Yeah, because that's the other part of this.
03:04That this is Diddy looking at my life after prison.
03:09Because now that he knows he's not going to be locked away for decades, not going to be locked away for the rest of his life.
03:14He could get out this year.
03:16This year with time served.
03:18He wants to be able to do business.
03:20And in order to do that, for people to work with him, even in the entertainment field, he's got to show that he is changing.
03:28Or he's addressing the things that everyone saw come out in this trial.
03:34Right.
03:34So this is about, part of this is also about what is my life after prison and how can I still be a successful businessman?
03:42And you know, it's interesting because we've talked about this before, that lawyers who represent people in positions like Diddy now, they have two responsibilities.
03:52You know, get them acquitted, if you can, and what is their life going to look like after they get out?
03:58Right.
03:58And so there are two components, and this kind of serves both of those.
04:02Both of those, yeah.
04:03Hi, my name is Alicia, and I am from New Jersey.
04:07And I actually think it's a positive thing that Diddy is taking this step towards redemption and going to therapy.
04:14And I really feel that everybody is worthy of that.
04:18But he really has to show it.
04:20And, I mean, I hope that he is taking this seriously because I think the public is having a hard time processing and really believing that he's really going to change in probably this short amount of time.
04:32So I really hope that he says what he's going to do.
04:36And I think that the rest of the public can agree that it's going to be difficult trying to understand what accountability and redemption look like in this case.
04:45Yeah.
04:46Well, we will see.
04:47Yes, it's going to be very complicated.
04:48Again, it's possible he's going to get out by Thanksgiving.
04:53I don't know.
04:54I've heard you say that.
04:55I kind of disagree.
04:57There's just.
04:58Well, I'll tell you why.
04:58If he gets a year, which is possible, he will have served close to a year, plus he gets certain credits.
05:06So it's.
05:07I'm not saying it's going to happen.
05:09I'm saying it's possible.
05:10I don't think the judge is going to give him a year.
05:12When the prosecutors are asking for four, and I agree with you that it's not going to be that.
05:15Let me tell you why.
05:16But if the judge were to give him a sentence that lets him walk out before the end of the year.
05:20Let me tell you why.
05:21Because the judge asked prosecutors, give me a case.
05:26This is the back and forth now.
05:29Give me a case where a John was prosecuted under the Mann Act for this.
05:35It's usually the prostitute.
05:37Right.
05:37And so now the prosecution is looking for a case.
05:41Because I'm told cases like this are really hard to find.
05:46And if the judge can't find any, there's something called selective prosecution, which the defense could argue.
