Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - Sean Combs' lawyers ask judge to release him from jail while awaiting sentencing
Attorneys for Sean "Diddy" Combs have asked a
federal judge to release him from jail ahead of his sentencing, saying that
there are “exceptional reasons” why he shouldn't remain behind bars.
Combs was convicted on July 2 on two counts of
transportation to engage in prostitution in a split verdict that acquitted him
of two counts of sex trafficking and one count of racketeering conspiracy.
In a letter Tuesday addressed to Judge Arun Subramanian, who
presided over Combs' trial, attorneys for the rap music mogul argued that there
were "exceptional reasons" that merited Combs' release, stating in
part that the law under which Combs was convicted "has never been applied
to facts similar to these to prosecute or incarcerate any other person.
"There has literally never been a case, like this one,
where a person and his girlfriend arranged for adult men to have consensual
sexual relations with the adult, long-term girlfriend as part of a demonstrated
swingers lifestyle, and has been prosecuted and incarcerated under the Mann
Act,” the defense letter said. “Sean Combs should not be in jail for this
conduct.
The 12-page letter proposes that Combs be released on $50
million bail and reside in his home in Miami while awaiting sentencing, with
any travel "limited to the Southern District of Florida, the Southern
District of New York for attorney meetings, as well as airports necessary to
travel between the two."
After Combs was acquitted of the more serious sex
trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges, Subramanian declined to
release him on bail prior to sentencing, citing a provision in the
transportation to engage in prostitution law that he said presumes detention.
Combs has spent more than 10 months behind bars at the
Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, since his arrest in Sept.
2024. His attorneys initially attempted and then
discontinued efforts to secure an earlier sentencing date for him.
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