Overview
- The 50-month sentence was announced in Manhattan federal court, with credit for time already served since Combs’s September 16, 2024 arrest likely shortening his remaining custody.
- A jury in July convicted Combs on two counts for arranging interstate travel of paid escorts for prostitution, while acquitting him of racketeering and sex‑trafficking charges.
- Judge Subramanian rejected defense claims that the conduct was consensual and cited the toll on accusers Cassie Ventura and a woman identified as Jane.
- Subramanian, 45, is the first person of South Asian heritage on the Southern District of New York bench, nominated in 2022 and confirmed in March 2023.
- His background includes clerkships with federal judges and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, partnership at Susman Godfrey, and current oversight of high‑profile cases such as the DOJ antitrust suit against Live Nation.