Overview

• Combs’ lawyers filed a late‑Monday sentencing memo asking Judge Arun Subramanian to impose a 14‑month term, followed by supervised release with mandatory drug treatment and therapy.
• Federal prosecutors are due to file their recommendation by Sept. 29 and have said they will seek a substantial prison term, with guidelines estimated at roughly four to five years.
• Combs remains at MDC Brooklyn, where he has been held since his September 2024 arrest; sentencing is set for Oct. 3, with a hearing Thursday on his motion to set aside the conviction.
• A Manhattan jury in July acquitted Combs of racketeering and sex‑trafficking charges but convicted him on two Mann Act counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, carrying a statutory maximum of 20 years.
• The defense cites time served, sobriety, an incident‑free jail record, lack of prior convictions, and dozens of support letters, while prosecutors highlighted testimony describing coercive 'freak‑off' encounters and physical assaults.