Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs asks for release on a $50 million bond ahead of sentencing in October

LOS ANGELES AP Music mogul Sean Diddy Combs is asking a judge to free him on a million bond while he awaits sentencing in October after a jury determined him not guilty of the bulk serious federal charges he faced earlier this month In a court filing Tuesday Combs lawyer argued that conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn are dangerous noting that others convicted of similar prostitution-related offenses were typically circulated before sentencing Sean Combs should not be in jail for this conduct Marc Agnifilo commented In fact he may be the only person presently in a United States jail for being any sort of john and certainly the only person in jail for hiring adult male escorts for him and his girlfriend A spokesperson for the U S attorney s office in Manhattan did not at once respond to a request for comment Prosecutors have previously insisted he remains a flight vulnerability Combs faces up to a decade in prison on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution for flying people around the country including his girlfriends and male sex workers for sexual encounters A conviction on racketeering conspiracy or sex trafficking could have put one of hip-hop s celebrated figures in prison for life Forthwith after he was acquitted on July Agnifilo had requested that Combs be published on bond But Judge Arun Subramanian denied it saying Combs at the time had not met the burden of showing by clear and convincing evidence a lack of danger to any person or the district Combs is the latest celebrity inmate to be locked up at MDC Brooklyn the only federal jail in New York City joining a list that includes R Kelly Ghislaine Maxwell and cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried