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Sean “Diddy” Combs made a longshot bid Tuesday to be sprung from jail ahead of his October sentencing – after a New York jury acquitted him of the most serious sex crimes charges he faced.
Attorneys for the disgraced rap mogul urged a federal judge to approve a $50 million bond package and let him live under house arrest in his Miami mansion while he waits to hear his fate on two prostitution convictions.
“Sean Combs should not be in jail for this conduct,” the 55-year-old hip-hop entrepreneur’s lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, wrote to the court in a Tuesday letter to the court. “In fact, he may be the only person currently in a United States jail for being any sort of john.”
Combs’ attorneys face an uphill battle to convince Judge Arun Subramanian to free him before his sentencing given that Tuesday’s filing rehashes previous arguments that the court has rebuffed.
Subramanian has ordered Combs to remain at Brooklyn’s hellish Metropolitan Detention Center until the Oct. 3 sentencing, citing the “I’ll Be Missing U” rapper’s admitted violence toward his former lovers, including the R&B singer Cassie Ventura.
“It’s impossible for the defendant to show he poses no danger to any person,” Subramanian said from the bench after the July 2 verdict.
Combs had faced a possible life sentence if convicted on the top charges at a two-month trial in Manhattan federal court that revealed his twisted preference for “freak-offs” — grueling, drug-fueled romps in which he watched his girlfriend have sex with male escorts.
The jury did find Combs guilty of two counts of breaking the Mann Act, a federal law making it a crime to transport someone across state lines for prostitution.
Prosecutors said they’ll likely push for a prison term between 51 and 63 months, while Combs’ camp will be asking the judge to release him on time served.
Subramanian has given the feds until Thursday to respond to Combs’ motion.
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