Following an eight-week trial, music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was found guilty last week on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and is scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday, October 3, 2025.
While each charge carries a maximum sentence of ten years, legal experts suggest the eventual punishment may be far less severe.
Combs, however, was acquitted of the more serious allegations leveled against him, including racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.
After the jury delivered its verdict last Wednesday, Judge Arun Subramanian proposed October 3 as a possible date for Combs’ sentencing. Combs’ legal team initially expressed a desire to move things along more quickly.
In preparation for a remote hearing held on Tuesday, Combs’ attorneys first suggested September 22 for sentencing. But they walked back that request in a second letter sent to the judge shortly after, reverting to the original October 3 date.
The initial letter from the defense noted that their proposed date would require approval from the probation office.
The follow-up letter stated that the probation office did not oppose the October date, signaling the defense’s retreat from its earlier push for a faster timeline.
During Tuesday’s brief remote hearing, Combs and his attorneys were connected via call.
The session concluded in less than a minute after Judge Subramanian’s deputy informed the parties that the court would respond to their proposal at a later time.
Since his arrest last September, Combs has been held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. At a bail hearing after his conviction, his lawyers urged the judge to release him, pointing out that he had not been found guilty of any violent crime.
That request was denied by Judge Subramanian, who referenced comments made by Combs’ attorney Marc Agnifilo during closing arguments, “full-throatedly … told the jury that there was violence here. And domestic violence is violence. And you said this is a case that did involve violence.”
According to his spokesperson, Combs was met with a standing ovation upon returning to the detention center following the verdict.
Federal prosecutors had painted Combs as the ringleader of a criminal organization that used intimidation, violence, and coercion, including forced labour and bribery, to manipulate his former partners, Cassie Ventura and a woman known in court as Jane, into participating in drug-fueled sex acts with male escorts, referred to as “Freak Offs” or “hotel nights.”
Though he pleaded not guilty, Combs’ attorneys contended that those events were consensual, given his longstanding relationships with both women.
Beyond his criminal case, Combs is also facing multiple civil lawsuits, all of which he has denied any wrongdoing in.
