Diddy is apologizing to ex-girlfriend Cassie.
On Friday (October 3), the 55-year-old disgraced music mogul is set to appear in court again to be sentenced after he was found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
In the days ahead of the sentencing, Diddy wrote a letter of appeal to the judge, and in it, he apologized to Cassie, 39.
Keep reading to find out more…In the letter, Diddy addressed the security camera footage from 2016 where he can be seen hitting, kicking, and dragging, his then-girlfriend at a hotel in Los Angeles.
“Over the past thirteen months, I have had to look in the mirror like never before,” Diddy wrote. “My pain became my teacher. My sadness was my motivator. I have to admit, my downfall was rooted in my selfishness.”
“The scene and images of me assaulting Cassie play over and over in my head daily. I literally lost my mind,” he continued. “I was dead wrong for putting my hands on the woman that I loved. I’m sorry for that and always will be. My domestic violence will always be a heavy burden that I will have to forever carry. The remorse, the sorrow, the regret, the disappointment, the shame. I honestly feel sorry for something that I couldn’t forgive someone else for: if they put their hands on one of my daughters. This is why it is so hard for me to forgive myself. It is like a deep wound that leaves an ugly scar.”
Also in the letter, Diddy apologized to a woman who testified in his case under the pseudonym “Jane.”
“Your honor, I thought I was providing for Jane concerning her and her child, but after hearing her testimony, I realized that I hurt her,” he wrote. “For this I am deeply sorry.”
Diddy continued, “I lost my way. I got lost in my journey. Lost in the drugs and the excess. My downfall was rooted in my selfishness. I have been humbled and broken to my core. Jail is designed to break you mentally, physically and spiritually. Over the past year there have been so many times that I wanted to give up. There have been some days I thought I would be better off dead. The old me died in jail and a new version of me was reborn. Prison will change you or kill you—I choose to live.”
Following Diddy‘s trial, Cassie asked a judge not to release him, saying that her former boyfriend is “likely to pose a danger to the victims who testified” against him.
You can read Diddy‘s entire letter of appeal to the judge here.
Source: justjared.com