Overview

• Defense filed a 182-page memorandum urging a sentence of no more than 14 months — effectively time served — citing harsh jail conditions, newfound sobriety and extensive personal and business fallout.
• Judge Arun Subramanian scheduled a Thursday hearing to consider the defense motion to set aside the Mann Act convictions ahead of the Oct. 3 sentencing.
• Prosecutors plan to recommend a substantially longer term, with prior signals around four to five years, as probation officials cited guideline ranges of roughly 5¾ to 7¼ years.
• Combs remains detained at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center after the court rejected a proposed $50 million bail package.
• A Manhattan jury in July acquitted Combs of racketeering and sex trafficking but convicted him on two transportation-for-prostitution counts after testimony from Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura and a witness known as “Jane.”