July 2, 2025 - Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs denied bail as he awaits sentencing

Our live coverage of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal criminal trial has ended. Read our takeaways on today’s verdict or scroll through the posts below.

In this courtroom sketch, Sean "Diddy" Combs, center, reacts after he was denied bail on Wednesday.

A jury found Sean “Diddy” Combs guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution this morning, but he was acquitted of the most serious charges in his federal criminal trial.

The government intends to seek a sentence of incarceration and Combs still faces up to 20 years in prison for the two counts he has been convicted of, according to Assistant US Attorney Maurene Comey.

Here’s what you should know:

Combs' attorney maintains he did not sexually assault anyone

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Combs' attorney maintains he did not sexually assault anyone

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Teny Geragos, one of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ attorneys, maintained that the music mogul “has not sexually assaulted anybody” after the verdict in his federal criminal trial.

“He has not sexually assaulted anybody, certainly hasn’t sex trafficked anybody and the jury found that today,” she added.

Combs was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, but was acquitted of the most serious charges — racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.

Defense attorney touts the jury for getting the situation "right enough"

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Defense attorney touts the jury for getting the situation "right enough"

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Marc Agnifilo, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ attorney, touted the jury’s work to reach today’s verdict.

“One thing stands between all of us and a prison, and that is a jury of 12 citizens. And we had a wonderful jury, they listened to every word. And they got the situation right, or certainly right enough,” Agnifilo said.

The jury acquitted Combs on the sex trafficking charge and the racketeering conspiracy, he added, calling Combs innocent.

Marc Agnifilo, attorney for Sean "Diddy" Combs, addresses the media on Wednesday.

Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo called today’s verdict in the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs “a great victory” outside of the courthouse in New York City.

He went on to call today “a great day.”

Following his bail hearing, Sean “Diddy” Combs faced his family and told them, “We’re gonna make it through this.”

Combs blew kisses to the two rows in the courtroom filled with his family and friends.

“I love you all,” he said. “Be strong.”

Just before being led out of the courtroom and back into detention he said, “I love you, mom.”

After the judge left the bench, defense attorney Marc Agnifilo turned to Sean “Diddy” Combs’ supporters.

He told them United States District Court for the Southern District of New York never loses racketeering cases. He told them that Combs showed up and he wasn’t afraid.

“He’ll get his life back,” Agnifilo said, “Winning is winning. You live your life and you live a good life.”

Singer Dawn Richard and attorney Lisa Bloom exit federal court during the Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial, on May 19.

Dawn Richard’s attorney reacted to Sean “Diddy” Combs’ verdict after a jury found him guilty on two of the five charges.

Richard was one of the prosecution’s 34 witnesses during the trial, and was part of the music group Danity Kane, which was formed by Combs.

A letter from Cassie Ventura’s lawyer sent to Judge Arun Subramanian asking him to deny the defense’s request that Sean “Diddy” Combs be released from custody today may have had an impact on the judge’s decision to keep Combs in custody, according to criminal defense trial attorney Stacy Schneider.

The letter stated that Ventura believed that “Mr. Combs is likely to pose a danger to the victims who testified in this case, including herself.”

Schneider added that she thinks the judge “can’t unhear the testimony that he heard in the trial.”

“The judge pointed out that defense attorneys during the trial admitted that their client was violent and had issues and problems and flaws, and that these were terrible situations. But again, the defense was saying it was domestic violence,” Schneider said.

Combs was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and acquitted on the sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges.

During a bail hearing this afternoon, the judge denied the defense’s request to release Combs on bail following the verdict, telling defense attorney Marc Agnifilo — who argued that Combs was not convicted of violent crimes — that in closing arguments, he “full-throatedly … told the jury that there was violence here.”

In this courtroom sketch, Sean "Diddy" Combs, center, reacts after he was denied bail on Wednesday.

When the judge denied bail, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ mouth dropped and his eyes widened.

Judge Arun Subramanian again confirmed that Sean “Diddy” Combs’ bail has been denied.

He scheduled a remote hearing for next Tuesday at 2 p.m. ET to address the sentencing scheduling.

The judge is off the bench and court is done for the day.

Prosecutor Maurene Comey says the judge is correct in his decision to keep Sean “Diddy” Combs in detention, calling him an extremely violent man with a danger temper.

What’s exceptional about Combs, Comey said, “is his wealth, his violence and his brazenness.”

“He’s an extremely violent man with an extraordinarily dangerous temper who has shown no remorse and no regret for his multiple victims,” Comey said.

Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo appealed to the judge one more time saying in part, “Listening to Ms. Comey makes me appreciate that we have juries.”

Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo just told judge Arun Subramanian that Combs would like to speak with him.

In this courtroom sketch, Judge Arun Subramanian speaks during Combs' bail hearing, on Wednesday.

Judge Arun Subramanian is addressing defense attorney Marc Agnifilo.

“You full-throatedly in your closing argument told the jury that there was violence here. And domestic violence is violence. And you said this is a case that did involve violence,” Subramanian told Agnifilo.

Agnifilo responded that there’s only been evidence of one instance of violence since 2018 — a June 2024 altercation with Jane.

Agnifilo said Combs also entered a batterers program after the InterContinental Hotel surveillance footage was released in 2024. Jane helped Combs write the letter to get into the program, Agnifilo said. “He is a man in the process of working on himself,” Agnifilo said.

Prosecutor Maurene Comey said given the complexity of the trial and the disparity between the parties’ positions on the sentencing guidelines range, she doesn’t believe the court has enough information to sentence Sean “Diddy” Combs without a pre-sentencing investigation.

Comey said the government is willing to work with the defense to move the process forward as quickly as possible.

Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo — who had suggested waiving the pre-sentencing investigation in order to expidite the sentencing schedule — said the defense believes it has strong arguments to make on Combs’ behalf for a sentence below the guidelines.

Judge Arun Subramanian has proposed a sentencing date of October 3 at 10 a.m. ET, but said he is willing to move up the sentencing date at the defense’s request.

Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo said they would like to expedite the sentencing schedule as much as possible. He said the defense is willing to waive a pre-sentencing investigation to expedite the sentencing schedule, if the judge is open to it.

In this courtroom sketch, Judge Arun Subramanian speaks during a bail hearing for Sean "Diddy" Combs, on Wednesday.

Judge Arun Subramanian said he denied bail for San “Diddy” Combs when it wasn’t mandatory before the trial and “sees no reason to reach the opposite conclusion now.”

Subramanian is now quoting the defense at different instances when Combs’ lawyers acknowledged his violence toward his former girlfriends.

Subramanian said there was also violence and illegal conduct after the searches on Combs’ homes — when he was aware he was under investigation.

“This highlights a disregard for the rule of law and a propensity of violence,” he said.

Judge Arun Subramanian has denied bail for Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Gloria Allred, victims’ rights attorney, told CNN that she is concerned Sean “Diddy” Combs may be released on bail.

“I am very concerned about Mr. Combs being released on bail, which is a possibility,” Allred said, adding that she’s sure the judge will “his very best to consider all the guidelines, factors for sentencing.”

Allred noted that there are others who are concerned about the potential release of Combs aside from those who testified in his trial.

Janice Combs, mother of Sean "Diddy" Combs, gestures outside the courthouse ahead of the bail hearing on Wednesday.

Members of Sean “Diddy” Combs are arriving at the courthouse as we wait for the music mogul’s bail hearing to get underway.

Combs’ daughters were seen exiting a van outside the courthouse. His sons were also seen at the courthouse.

A family associate for the Combs family was seen wearing shirt saying “A Freako is not a R.I.C.O” — a reference to the “Freak Offs,” or the drug-fueled sex acts prosecutors accused Combs of orchestrating and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Combs was acquitted on the racketeering conspiracy charge against him.

The hearing is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. ET.

A person wears a shirt that says "A Freako is not a R.I.C.O" outside Manhattan's Federal Court on Wednesday.