Overview

• In the Southern District of New York on Oct. 3, Judge Arun Subramanian handed down a 50‑month sentence after convictions described as including violence toward women, racketeering, and sex trafficking.
• From the bench, he rejected the defense’s portrayal of the acts as consensual, calling them subjugation that left Casandra Ventura and a woman identified as Jane contemplating suicide, according to Reuters.
• Testimony cited in reporting detailed allegations that Combs forced women to engage in sexual acts with male escorts that he filmed and masturbated to.
• Subramanian, nominated by President Joe Biden in 2022 and confirmed in March 2023, is the first person of South Asian heritage to serve as an SDNY judge, with a background that includes Columbia Law, clerkships up to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and partnership at Susman Godfrey.
• Known for strict courtroom decorum—he rebuked Combs for nodding at jurors—Subramanian also oversees major matters such as the Justice Department’s antitrust case against Live Nation scheduled for trial in 2026.