Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Denied Release on Bail Before Sentencing (1)

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ request for release on a $50 million bond was denied by a Manhattan federal judge, the latest setback in the music mogul’s bid to get out of jail ahead of his Oct. 3 sentencing.

Combs’ arguments for getting out as he awaits his sentence “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,” US District Judge Arun Subramanian wrote Monday.

Attorneys for Combs had argued last week he shouldn’t be held in jail for “paying for sex services to be provided to his girlfriend” after he was convicted on prostitution charges in July. He was acquitted at the trial of more serious racketeering and sex trafficking charges, and his attorneys have since argued all that’s left is a case of willing adults patronizing prostitutes.

Combs “may contend” that the allegations show “nothing more than a case of willing ‘swingers’ utilizing the voluntary services of escorts for their mutual pleasure,” but prosecutors have taken “the opposite view,” the judge wrote.

“The Court offers no view as to how the parties’ competing arguments about the evidence will cash out for purposes of sentencing,” the judge added. “At this juncture, however, the record doesn’t establish the kind of ‘out of the ordinary’ exceptional circumstances requiring immediate release.”

Subramanian earlier denied Combs’ release on a $1 million bond offer immediately after the trial verdict.

His attorneys have separately asked Subramanian to toss the guilty verdict as unconstitutional, and said they’re planning an appeal.

The case is United States v. Combs, S.D.N.Y., No. 1:24-cr-00542, order 8/4/25.