Sean "Diddy" Combs sentenced to four years for prostitution charges

Driving the news: Combs was found guilty in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.

• His mom and other close family members arrived to the court on Friday morning, multiple outlets reported.

Catch up quick: Combs, who has been accused of sexual assault in multiple lawsuits, had pleaded not guilty to all his charges.

• He was found not guilty of the most serious charges against him: racketeering conspiracy and on two counts of sex trafficking.

Zoom in: Prosecutors had alleged that Combs "abused, threatened and coerced" women and others around him for decades.

• His defense portrayed him as a man with a drug problem who sometimes assaulted girlfriends.

The latest: Combs has been held without bail for about a year at the Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal jail in in Brooklyn, where he has gotten sober and undergone psychological treatment, per multiple outlets.

Between the lines: Amid speculation of a presidential pardon for Combs, President Trump said: "Well he was essentially, I guess, sort of half-innocent."

• "I was very friendly with him," the president added. "I got along with him great and seemed like a nice guy — I didn't know him well. But when I ran for office, he was very hostile."

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