Sean Combs Seeking Release Ahead Of Sentencing In His Sex Crimes Trial

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30-07-2025

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' attorneys filed a motion Tuesday seeking the music mogul's release on a $50 million bond ahead of his scheduled October sentencing.
Earlier this month, a jury convicted Combs on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, and acquitted him on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. The judge denied Combs' bail request on the day his verdict was announced, claiming that Combs has displayed a 'disregard for the rule of law and a propensity of violence.' He's been held at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center since his arrest last September, despite multipleunsuccessful motions for his release since.
'In the lifestyle that he and other adults voluntarily chose, Mr. Combs would be called a swinger. But in the vocabulary of the Mann Act or of prostitution generally, he might—at worst— be somewhat analogous to a 'john,'' Combs' attorneys wrote in their 12-page bail motion, obtained by HuffPost. (A 'john' is a term that refers to the client of a sex worker.)
Prosecutors alleged that Combs used his fame and power to run a criminal enterprise. The indictment claims that he engaged in sex trafficking, forced labor, prostitution, narcotics offenses, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice since at least 2008. Much of the case revolved around Combs' so-called freak-offs, which were sexual marathons that included male sex workers and his partners, and sometimes lasted several days.
'Sean Combs should not be in jail for this conduct. 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, when he did not even have sex with the escort himself,' the motion added. 'In addition, Mr. Combs is incarcerated while everyone else involved in this identical conduct – his girlfriends, the 'cowboys,' the agency's leaders, the porn stars and others – walk free, as they should.'
(The 'cowboys' refers to the agency known as Cowboys4Angels, which provides women with a 'personalized male companion,' according to the website.)
The attorneys also offered to put travel and surveillance restrictions on Combs to grant his release.
In response, Judge Arun Subramanian ordered the government to respond to Combs' bail motion by Thursday.
Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 3. The two charges he was convicted of each boast a maximum sentence of 10 years.
However, Combs' attorneys are seeking a sentence of 21 to 27 months, while prosecutors argue that a sentence of four to five years is more appropriate.
Outside of this particular case, Combs is still in deep legal trouble. Dozens of other lawsuits have been filed against Combs, accusing him of violence and/or sexual assault.
A representative for Combs declined HuffPost's request for comment. HuffPost also reached out to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, but did not immediately hear back.
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