A federal judge has once again denied Sean “Diddy” Combs’ request for bail, ruling there are no “exceptional circumstances” warranting his release ahead of his October 3 sentencing for interstate prostitution.

Despite being acquitted last month on the more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering, Judge Arun Subramanian said Combs remains a flight risk and a danger to the community, noting the violence exhibited on 2016 hotel surveillance footage that showed him kicking and dragging his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura.

According to a ABC News report, Subramanian wrote in a letter on Monday, “While Combs may contend at sentencing that this evidence should be discounted and that what happened was nothing more than a case of willing ‘swingers’ utilising the voluntary services of escorts for their mutual pleasure, the Government takes the opposite view: that Cassie Ventura and Jane were beaten, coerced, threatened, lied to, and victimised by Combs as part of their participation in these events.”

In a 62-page letter to the court, the music mogul’s legal team also advocated for his release ahead of his sentencing date on the condition of the squalor and danger at the Metropolitan Detention Center. However, the judge wrote that jail staff “has been able to keep him safe”, the report said.

Prosecutors are reportedly recommending that Combs serve four to five years in prison, which would include the almost 11 months he has already spent behind bars since his arrest in September 2024.

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