Overview

• Federal prosecutors filed August briefs opposing Combs’s proposal for a $50 million bond and his motion to vacate or retry his Mann Act convictions on the grounds that his felony convictions trigger mandatory detention.
• In their filings, they recalculated the federal sentencing guidelines upward, warning that the recommended prison term now exceeds the four-to-five years they initially projected.
• Prosecutors detailed allegations that Combs orchestrated hundreds of paid “freak-off” sessions, used violence and drugs against participants, and employed staff to coordinate the encounters.
• Combs’s defense insists the events were consensual performances amounting to amateur pornography protected by the First Amendment and seeks an acquittal or a new trial.
• Judge Arun Subramanian has denied all bail requests, leaving Combs detained at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center as he awaits sentencing scheduled for October 3, 2025.