Overview

• U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian said he will decide "very shortly" on motions to vacate two Mann Act convictions or grant a new trial, with sentencing currently set for October 3 if the verdict stands.
• Defense lawyer Alexandra Shapiro argued the statute should be read narrowly to target pimping and profiteering, casting Combs as a producer and consumer of amateur pornography and describing the conduct as "commercial voyeurism."
• Prosecutors said Combs organized and funded "Freak Offs," arranged interstate travel for escorts, and had girlfriends pay them with his money, citing evidence of drugs, violence, and coercion and asserting recordings were used as leverage.
• Combs remains detained at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center after bail was denied following the July split verdict that acquitted him of sex trafficking and racketeering but convicted him on the two transportation counts.
• The defense has asked for a 14‑month, time‑served sentence if convictions remain; prosecutors are due to file their recommendation next week and have signaled they will seek several more years, as Combs’ family attended and he told them, "Every day, every hour, I get closer to coming home."