India, Sept. 30 -- Prosecutors on Tuesday urged a New York federal judge to sentence Sean "Diddy" Combs to more than 11 years in prison after his conviction on prostitution-related charges. They sought "at least 135 months' imprisonment" and also asked the court to impose a $500,000 fine on the hip-hop mogul.

In a pre-sentencing submission, prosecutors wrote, "His crimes of conviction are serious and have warranted sentences over ten years in multiple cases for defendants who, like Sean Combs, engaged in violence and put others in fear."

The 55-year-old was convicted in July on charges linked to arranging for male sex workers to travel to hotels or his residences and directing them to have sex with his girlfriends while he watched and r...