Overview

• Defense dropped its bid to expedite sentencing to September 22 and endorsed the judge’s original October 3 date after consulting with prosecutors and probation officers.
• Combs, convicted on two federal counts of transporting individuals for prostitution and acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering, will stay in custody until his fate is decided.
• Judge Arun Subramanian reiterated his bail denial under mandatory Mann Act rules, citing safety concerns and Combs’s history of violence.
• A U.S. Probation Office report is due by late September, with defense filings set for September 19 and prosecutors’ recommendations following on September 26.
• Prosecutors plan to seek a 51–63-month sentence under federal guidelines, while the defense will argue for a 21–27-month term.