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\u201cSean has always made it a priority to open doors for Black people,\u201d she added, \u201cto make sure we are seen, heard, and valued in spaces where we\u2019ve historically been excluded.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deonte Nash,<\/strong> a former stylist for Combs writing in the government\u2019s sentencing submission, said, \u201cMany of us were abused precisely because Mr. Combs wanted us to hold his secrets to maintain his \u2018reputation.\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cJudge\u2026. That\u2019s a good man,\u201d Brownlee wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cJudge, this is not a good man,\u201d Nash said.<\/p>\n On Friday, Combs, hair graying, entered the courtroom in a white sweater after Subramanian ruled this week that, as during his trial, he would be permitted to receive non-prison clothing at the Metropolitan Detention Center. He offered a wave to his family in the gallery and hugged his attorneys.<\/p>\n After his lawyers and prosecutors spoke, Combs addressed the judge\u2014his lengthiest public comments on the legal saga that has enveloped him since Ventura first sued. (He declined to testify at trial.)<\/p>\n \u201cI want to thank you for giving me the chance to finally speak up for myself,\u201d Combs said.<\/p>\n He framed his remarks in part as an apology to Ventura and Jane Doe. \u201cI brought you into my mess,\u201d Combs said, describing his behavior as \u201cdisgusting, shameful, and sick.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not this larger-than-life person,\u201d Combs said he had come to realize. \u201cI\u2019m just a human being.\u201d<\/p>\n