Overview
- Federal prosecutors in Manhattan asked Judge Arun Subramanian to impose at least 11 years in prison, citing decades of abuse, lack of remorse, and evidence that Combs arranged interstate travel for escorts and used sexual videos coercively.
- Judge Arun Subramanian denied Combs’s motion to throw out the prostitution-transport convictions, leaving the jury’s July verdict in place.
- A July jury acquitted Combs of sex‑trafficking and racketeering but convicted him on two counts of transporting individuals for prostitution under the Mann Act.
- Victim impact letters from Cassie Ventura, her parents, and a former assistant describe lasting physical and psychological harm and urge a sentence reflecting the conduct’s severity.
- The defense seeks no more than about 14 months with credit for time served, as Combs remains in federal custody awaiting his October 3 sentencing.