Overview

• Combs’s legal team is assembling a motion requesting that his October 3 sentence be served under home confinement rather than in prison.
• The defense has lined up outside therapists and will propose that mandated anger management and substance abuse treatment form part of his supervised release.
• Nicole Westmoreland confirmed to CNN that the team has reached out to the White House about a possible presidential pardon, though the administration has declined to comment.
• The defense will frame a redemption plan that casts Combs as an anti-domestic violence counselor, arguing his influence could aid prevention efforts.
• Douglas Wigdor and other accusers’ lawyers have dismissed the counseling pitch as manipulative and questioned whether Combs has undertaken sufficient personal rehabilitation.