Let’s take a trip down a hypothetical road. Judge Greg Mathis has some insight on Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ongoing trial. On a recent episode of the Mathis Verdict podcast, the iconic TV judge and his son Amir dove deep into the case and discussed what kind of sentence the music mogul might face if Mathis were presiding.
While Mathis made it clear that the prosecution has not yet proven all charges beyond a reasonable doubt, he did weigh in on one count that he believes has enough evidence to stick.
“Yes, that is a federal crime. A very low-level federal crime, which he should be guilty of and sentenced to less than one year. On the other hand, you got some state crimes and the statute of limitations has expired, and that’s why they aren’t charging him in state court.”
That charge in question involves transporting someone to engage in prostitution, a federal offense. But Mathis then moved beyond the current scope of prosecution to explore what might happen if state charges were on the table and still within the statute.
“Let me say what I think has been proven,” Mathis says in the clip. “The things I’ve heard, the testimony, the video I’ve observed, I’m convinced that he was involved in at least two cases of assault and battery against women.”
Mathis also referred to rapper Kid Cudi’s courtroom claim that Diddy had his car set on fire, saying he found the testimony credible enough to factor into a hypothetical sentence.
“To that extent, I’d have to give him a couple or a few years,” Mathis determined. “And on the multiple assaults and batteries against women, I’d have to give him a few more on that. If you want to sum it up, If it were a state crime, Judge Mathis has observed the evidence and the testimony and the transcripts. What would I give him? Five to ten.”
His son Amir chimed in, backing the statement while highlighting the severity of the imagined outcome. “Which is not letting him off on anything,” Amir added. “That’s a tough sentence, In my opinion.”