With less than 60 days to go before Sean Combs is sentenced on his transportation to engage in prostitution, the ‘All About the Benjamins’ performer has once again come up short on his desire to get out on a $50 million bond, a federal judge ruled this afternoon.
‘As for risk of flight or danger, Combs fails to meet his burden by clear and convincing evidence for the reasons set forth on the record at the July 2, 2025, hearing,” Judge Arun Subramanian ordered today after a weekend of filings from both the prosecution and the defense on this latest release attempt. Combs’ team, along with a letter of support from AWOL trial witness Victim-3 a.k.a. Diddy‘s ex-girlfriend Virginia Huynh, have insisted over and over that their admittedly domestic violence perpetrator client poses no flight risk or danger and, thanks to therapy, has changed.
The judge wasn’t buying it.
“Increasing the amount of the bond or devising additional conditions doesn’t change the calculus given the circumstances and heavy burden of proof that Combs bears (‘At trial, the defense conceded the defendant’s violence in his personal relationships. . . .This type of violence, which happens behind closed doors . . . is impossible to police with conditions.’),” the judge, who will sentence Diddy on October 3, added. “On this basis alone, Combs’s application is denied.”
Having scored another win on keeping Combs in custody at NYC’s Metropolitan Detention Center, where he had been in custody since his September 2024 arrest, the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York had nothing to say about today’s order. The usually chatty the Marc Agnifilo- and Teny Gerago-led defense were also silent Monday, at least for now.
Coming out of a over month long May 12 starting trial filled with details of violence and drugged laced “freak-offs” sex sessions with male escorts and various girlfriends, Combs skipped a likely life sentence when the eight-men and four-women jury found him not guilty on July 2 of the big sex trafficking and racketeering charges. As it is, the maximum sentence (which Combs will not receive) he can get for the prostitution verdict is 20 years, with two to five more likely for the 55-year-old Grammy winner.
Launching a de facto appeal last week, the defense has made it very clear they plan to challenge the verdict as soon as sentencing occurs. And, even though Donald Trump most recently said it is unlikely he will now actually pardon the “half-innocent” (POTUS’ words) Combs, the bail denial may provide a pretext for another attempt at distracting from the Jeffery Epstein eruption consuming the administration.
