Overview

• On July 29, Combs’s lawyers asked Judge Arun Subramanian to grant pre-sentencing release on a $50 million bond secured by his Miami residence.
• The motion outlines strict conditions including passport surrender, travel limits to the Southern Districts of Florida and New York, and supervision by U.S. Pretrial Services.
• Defense attorneys contend that the 115-year-old Mann Act has never been applied to consensual “swingers” conduct and that Combs’s nearly 11-month detention constitutes an exceptional circumstance.
• Prosecutors oppose the request, citing the statute’s presumption of detention for transportation-to-engage-in-prostitution convictions and concerns over Combs’s history of domestic violence.
• Judge Subramanian has not yet ruled on the bond proposal and Combs remains jailed at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center ahead of his October 3 sentencing.