Sean Diddy Combs seeks release
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Diddy is seeking release on a $50 million bond while awaiting sentencing for two prostitution convictions, each carrying up to 10 years.
Diddy asked a judge to release him from jail ahead of sentencing, arguing that prostitution customers, or johns, are never held without bail.
Attorneys for Sean "Diddy" Combs requested on Tuesday, July 28, that he be released on a $50 million bond while awaiting sentencing.
Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial lawyers have filed a new motion seeking his pre-sentencing release from federal detainment.
As Wesley Morris and others discuss their time sitting in the courtroom, Diddy himself is still sitting behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. The Grammy winner will remain there in the run-up to his sentencing, which is set to take place on October 3.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs is asking the court to be released in advance of his sentencing on prostitution-related charges, promising not to “squander his second chance at life,” weeks after a jury handed down a split verdict.
Blink and you may have missed a fleeting message from Sean “Diddy” Combs Friday evening. The embattled rapper, who was acquitted earlier this month of the most serious charges against him in a federal sex-crimes trial in NYC, shared an eyes emoji on X, formerly Twitter.
Sean "Diddy" Combs' legal team demanded his release from jail until his October sentencing, arguing his "swingers lifestyle" doesn't justify incarceration after sex trafficking acquittal.