Diddy asks judge to release him on $50m bond as he awaits sentencing

Disgraced hep hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has asked a justice to merchandise him connected a $50m enslaved arsenic helium waits to beryllium sentenced for prostitution-related offences.

Combs's lawyer has argued that conditions astatine the Metropolitan Detention Centre successful Brooklyn are unsafe and noted that others convicted of akin offences were typically released earlier sentencing.

"Sean Combs should not beryllium successful jailhouse for this conduct," Marc Agnifilo said successful a tribunal filing connected Tuesday.

"In fact, helium whitethorn beryllium the lone idiosyncratic presently successful a United States jailhouse for being immoderate benignant of John, and surely the lone idiosyncratic successful jailhouse for hiring big antheral escorts for him and his girlfriend."

A "John" successful the US is simply a slang word for idiosyncratic who hires a prostitute.

A spokesperson for the US attorney's bureau successful Manhattan did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Prosecutors person antecedently insisted helium remains a formation hazard and should truthful not beryllium granted bail.

The 55-year-old, 1 of the astir influential hip-hop producers of each time, faces up to a decennary successful situation aft helium was convicted earlier this month of 2 counts of proscription to prosecute successful prostitution.

The charges subordinate to however helium flew radical astir the US, including his girlfriends and antheral enactment workers, for intersexual encounters.

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Combs was cleared of 3 much superior charges - 2 for enactment trafficking and 1 for racketeering conspiracy - pursuing his landmark proceedings successful New York.

A condemnation connected 1 of those charges could person enactment him successful situation for life.

Immediately aft helium was acquitted of those charges connected 2 July, Mr Agnifilo had asked that Combs beryllium released connected bond.

But Judge Arun Subramanian denied it, saying Combs astatine the clip had not met the load of showing by wide and convincing grounds a "lack of information to immoderate idiosyncratic oregon the community".

Combs is the latest personage inmate to beryllium locked up astatine MDC Brooklyn, the lone national jailhouse successful New York City, joining a database that includes R Kelly, Ghislaine Maxwell and cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried.