Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs asks for release on a US$50 million bond ahead of sentencing in October
Music mogul’s lawyer says conditions at the Brooklyn detention centre are dangerous. Combs was found guilty of prostitution-related offences
Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is asking a judge to free him on a US$50 million bond while he awaits sentencing in October after a jury found him not guilty of the most serious federal charges he faced earlier this month.
“Sean Combs should not be in jail for this conduct,” Marc Agnifilo said. “In fact, he may be the only person currently in a United States jail for being any sort of john, and certainly the only person in jail for hiring adult male escorts for him and his girlfriend.”
A spokesperson for the US attorney’s office in Manhattan did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Prosecutors have previously insisted he remains a flight risk.
Combs, 55, faces up to a decade in prison on two counts of transport to engage in prostitution for flying people around the country, including his girlfriends and male sex workers, for sexual encounters.
A conviction on racketeering conspiracy or sex trafficking could have put one of hip-hop’s celebrated figures in prison for life.