Due to the legal ramifications of his Mann Act conviction, Sean “Diddy” Combs will continue to be imprisoned after the court rejected his most recent bail request.
According to Deadline, Combs’ second attempt to obtain pre-sentencing parole was rejected by U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian of New York, who offered a $50 million bail package with the threat of house arrest and stringent travel restrictions.
Despite Combs’ well-known defense claim that the activity was a part of a consenting adult “swingers” lifestyle rather than criminal wrongdoing, Subramanian found that no “exceptional reasons” supported his release, noting evidence of violence, compulsion, and possible witness intimidation.
Federal sentencing guidelines may restrict his overall sentence to around five years, while each offense carries a maximum sentence of ten years.
Unexpectedly, Virginia “Gina” Huynh, who was named as “Victim 3” in the indictment and was initially scheduled to testify against Combs, wrote to the court requesting that he be released on bond.
He has not been violent for years, according to Huynh, who did not speak at trial. He is cooperative and dedicated to his family, and he is urged to be released before to punishment in order to fulfill his obligations to his children and his general healing.
Prosecutors, however, vehemently opposed bail, claiming that there was substantial proof of compulsion, violence, and manipulation—for instance, during sexual encounters and the “freak off” incidents—that he was still a risk to the public.
They further claimed that granting the proposed bail might jeopardize public confidence and witness safety since these conduct did not fall within the limited circumstances that typically permit pre-sentencing release under the Mann Act.
Combs will continue to be held at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center. After an eight-week trial that ended in a split result, he will be sentenced on October 3, 2025.
Prosecutors want to seek a minimum 51-month jail sentence, notwithstanding the reduction in the number of serious offenses.
Since his original arrest in September 2024, he has been repeatedly denied bail and is still in custody.
