Sean Combs’ lawyers ask judge to release him from jail while awaiting sentencing –
Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs have asked a federal judge to release him from jail ahead of his sentencing, scheduled for Oct. 3, saying that there are “exceptional reasons” why he shouldn’t remain behind bars.
Combs was convicted on July 2 on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in a split verdict that acquitted him of two counts of sex trafficking and one count of racketeering conspiracy.
In a letter Tuesday addressed to Judge Arun Subramanian, who presided over Combs’ trial, attorneys for the rap music mogul argued that there were “exceptional reasons” that merited Combs’ release, stating in part that the law under which Combs was convicted “has never been applied to facts similar to these to prosecute or incarcerate any other person.”There has literally never been a case, like this one, where a person and his girlfriend arranged for adult men to have consensual sexual relations with the adult, long-term girlfriend as part of a demonstrated swingers lifestyle, and has been prosecuted and incarcerated under the Mann Act,” the defense letter said. “Sean Combs should not be in jail for this conduct.”
