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Sean “Did­dy” Combs was sen­tenced Fri­day to four years and two months in prison for trans­port­ing peo­ple across state lines for sex­u­al en­coun­ters, cap­ping a sor­did fed­er­al case that fea­tured har­row­ing tes­ti­mo­ny and end­ed in a force­ful reck­on­ing for one of the most pop­u­lar fig­ures in hip-hop.

Combs, 55, was al­so fined half a mil­lion dol­lars.

Since Combs has served a year in jail al­ready, this sen­tence means he would be re­leased in about three years. His lawyers want­ed him freed im­me­di­ate­ly and said the time be­hind bars has al­ready forced his re­morse and so­bri­ety.