Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial updates: Bail denied due to 'propensity for violence'

In an interview with ABC News, Cassie Ventura's attorney said they had expected Sean Combs would be convicted of the sex trafficking count involving her, which he said was the "most important count to her."

"I think that obviously she would be a lot happier if the jury had convicted on that. But she's at peace with the verdict," her attorney, Douglas Wigdor, said. "She is moving ahead with her beautiful family and her husband."

Combs was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, one of which is in connection with her. Wigdor said he will discuss with Ventura about giving a victim impact statement at Combs' sentencing.

"I wouldn't be surprised if she makes the decision to do that, because it's important," he said.

U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian set Combs' sentencing on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution for Oct. 3 at 10 a.m.

Judge Arun Subramanian denied Sean Combs' bail during a brief hearing following his conviction on two counts.

Combs looked to both his lawyers as the judge read the decision. His head was largely down, though he was occasionally whispering to attorney Brian Steel.

Subramanian said that detention is required based on Combs' conviction. He did not hear any arguments from the lawyers. He had been reading his decision since he took the bench.

"Defendant's violence was starkly depicted" in the 2016 Intercontinental video, the judge said, referencing hotel security footage that showed him physically assaulting his then-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura.

Subramanian called Combs' domestic violence a "propensity for violence."

"It is impossible for the defendant to demonstrate... that he poses no danger to the community," the judge noted.

Prosecutors are using a "overbroad interpretation" of violent crimes to justify detaining Sean Combs, his defense lawyers wrote in a letter to the judge ahead of the rap mogul's 5 p.m. bail hearing.

Defense attorney Alexandra Shapiro implored Judge Arun Subramanian to immediately release Combs, arguing that it would be "unjust to continue detaining Mr. Combs at the MDC even one day longer."

"Mr. Combs should be released on bail today," she wrote.

While prosecutors argue that Combs' was convicted of a "crime of violence" that requires "mandatory detention," defense lawyers argued they incorrectly applied the law. Federal law, they argue, only considers transportation for the purposes of prostitution to be a violent crime when it involves minors. They argue that Combs should not be held accountable for the other alleged violence because the jury acquitted him on the more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

"For months, the government repeatedly argued, and announced to the world, that Sean Combs was a monster who perpetrated a 20-year federal crime spree through a racketeering enterprise," she wrote.

Defense lawyers also argued that Combs should be released because his 85-year-old mother wants him to be her primary caretaker. They added that Combs has a 3-year-old child "who also needs her father" and multiple other children.

"Mr. Combs's mother is 85 years old. She suffers from various health conditions. For example, she was hospitalized in July 2024 for a heart condition and had brain surgery the previous year. She lives near Mr. Combs in Florida and she would like him to be her primary caretaker," the letter noted.

If Combs is released, defense lawyers have argued he can stay at his $48 million mansion in Miami, which he fully paid off last year.