Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs loses bid to get out of jail before sentencing
US judge denies bail for hip hop mogul ahead of October sentencing for prostitution-related offence
Sean “Diddy” Combs on Monday lost his bid to be released from jail ahead of his October 3 sentencing, despite a jury having found the hip-hop mogul not guilty of the most serious charges at his sex crimes trial.
Combs’ lawyers had asked US District Judge Arun Subramanian on July 29 to release Combs on US$50 million bond, saying conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn were dangerous and other defendants convicted of prostitution-related charges similar to Combs’ were usually released before sentencing.
In a written ruling, the judge said Combs’ arguments “might have traction in a case that didn’t involve evidence of violence, coercion or subjugation in connection with the acts of prostitution at issue, but the record here contains evidence of all three”.
Subramanian said his decision did not foreshadow what sentence he might impose against Combs, who has been jailed at the MDC since his September 2024 arrest.
Combs’ lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment.