Overview

• Federal prosecutors asked the court for at least 135 months in prison and a $500,000 fine, citing comparable cases and Combs’ lack of remorse.
• Defense lawyers urged a sentence of no more than 14 months and argued the Mann Act was misapplied, seeking dismissal of the convictions or a new trial.
• Sentencing is scheduled for October 3 before Judge Arun Subramanian in Manhattan, while Combs remains detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
• A jury in July convicted Combs on two counts related to transporting people for prostitution and acquitted him of sex‑trafficking, RICO and extortion charges.
• Cassie Ventura told the court she fears retaliation if Combs is released, as prosecutors characterize his conduct as decades of unrestrained violence.