Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ mother defends disgraced music mogul as he sits in jail on sex crime charges [Video]

Janice Combs, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ mother, broke her silence Sunday and admitted she was left “devastated and profoundly saddened” by the allegations waged against her son, she said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.

Diddy was arrested Sept. 16 and charged the next day with racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution. He entered a not guilty plea hours after an indictment detailing his alleged sex crimes was unsealed. If found guilty, he faces a minimum of 15 years behind bars or a maximum sentence of life in prison.

“It is heartbreaking to see my son judged not for the truth, but for a narrative created out of lies,” Janice Combs wrote. “To bear witness what seems to be like a public lynching of my son before he has had the opportunity to prove his innocence is a pain too unbearable to put into words. Like every human …