Prosecutors have urged a US federal judge to send Sean "Diddy" Combs to prison for over 11 years following his conviction on prostitution-related charges.
The New York prosecutors cited one of his accusers who said she lives in fear of the music mogul's release from detention.
"His crimes of conviction are serious and have warranted sentences over 10 years in multiple cases for defendants who, like Sean Combs, engaged in violence and put others in fear," they wrote in a pre-sentence submission.
They sought at least 11 years imprisonment and asked the court to fine Combs $US500,000 ($756,000).
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The recommendation also included letters from some of his accusers describing how his violence and demands had impacted their lives.
They called Combs "unrepentant" and said he had conceded his acts of violence and abuse throughout his trial but "incredibly, he now argues that his victims should shoulder the blame."
Combs faces sentencing on Friday
Combs, 55, has remained in jail since his July conviction on charges related to arranging male sex workers to travel to hotels or residences where he directed them to have sex with his girlfriends.
The days-long, drug-fuelled sexual events were often filmed by Combs.
With sentencing set for Friday, defence attorneys are asking that he be given no more than 14 months in prison.
In July, Combs was convicted of two charges for violating the Mann Act, which outlaws interstate commerce related to prostitution, for arranging the paid sexual encounters between his girlfriends and male sex workers. Each count carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
The same jury acquitted the Bad Boy Records founder of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges that could have resulted in a life sentence.
Last week, the defence submitted its pre sentence arguments, saying Combs has suffered enough during his nearly 13 months behind bars and that he should be freed soon.
They wrote that he became a changed man in a Brooklyn federal lock-up, where he has been under constant suicide watch.
He has learned to react calmly to threats rather than violently, they say, even when a fellow prisoner confronted him with a shiv.
They said Combs had realised that his overuse of drugs, including some prescribed by doctors, had contributed to violent acts he participated in.
'He is not the victim'
Prosecutors say Combs is now trying to cast himself as a victim.
"He is not the victim," they wrote. "The Court should focus on the very real effects that the defendant's conduct had on the lives of the actual victims, his victims."
At trial, two of Combs' former girlfriends testified that they felt forced to participate in the drug-fuelled sex marathons with male sex workers as Combs watched and sometimes filmed.
R&B singer Casandra "Cassie" Ventura described being beaten by Combs when she displeased him during their decade-long relationship.
Another ex-girlfriend, testifying under the pseudonym "Jane," said she felt pressured to perform sexually with male sex workers.
She testified that an enraged Combs once put her in a chokehold and punched her in the face.
In a letter accompanying the prosecutors' submission, Cassie wrote that she testified while nine months pregnant during Combs' trial "in front of a packed courtroom about the most traumatic and horrifying chapter in my life".
"I testified that from age 19, Sean Combs used violence, threats, substances, and control over my career to trap me in over a decade of abuse," she said.
Cassie says she still suffers from nightmares
Cassie wrote that Combs controlled her like a puppet.
"These events were degrading and disgusting, leaving me with infections, illnesses, and days of physical and emotional exhaustion before he demanded it all again. Sex acts became my full-time job, used as the only way to stay in his good graces," she said.
Cassie said she still had nightmares and flashbacks on daily basis and required psychological care to cope.
"My worries that Sean Combs or his associates will come after me and my family is my reality," she said.
"I have, in fact, moved my family out of the New York area and am keeping as private and quiet as I possibly can because I am so scared that if he walks free, his first actions will be swift retribution towards me and others who spoke up about his abuse at trial."
After Combs was convicted, Judge Arun Subramanian immediately refused a defence request to grant him bail.
He denied it again in August as he rejected Combs' $US50 million ($76 million) bail proposal, saying the hip-hop impresario hadn't proven that he did not pose a flight risk or danger, nor shown an "exceptional circumstance" after a conviction that otherwise required detention.
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