(NewsNation) — Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs have submitted another request for his release from jail as he awaits sentencing, saying there are “exceptional circumstances” that warrant his bail.
In their bail motion filed Tuesday, Combs’ attorneys lay out several reasons why he should be released, including that he is the only person with a similar conviction under the Mann Act to remain incarcerated.
“In the history of the statute, the Mann Act has never been applied to facts similar to these to prosecute or incarcerate any other person,” they wrote. “In any somewhat similarly situated cases to this one, all the defendants were released pending sentencing.”
A jury convicted Combs on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution under the Mann Act, which has a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. He was acquitted of the more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking.
Judge Arun Subramanian denied Combs’ request to be released on bond after the split verdict. He said the applicable law didn’t allow for Combs’ release, saying evidence at trial showed the music producer’s “pattern of violence” toward ex-partners.
His sentencing hearing is on Oct. 3.
Diddy’s attorneys: Cassie, ‘Jane’ initiated ‘threesomes’
In their motion, they also took aim at Combs’ ex-girlfriends who were the basis of the criminal charges.
They said both Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and a victim known under the pseudonym “Jane” had “threesomes” with Combs and initiated contact with sex workers.
In this courtroom sketch, Sean “Diddy” Combs reacts after he was convicted of prostitution-related offenses but acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put him behind bars for life, Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in Manhattan federal court in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP) 
In this courtroom sketch, Sean “Diddy” Combs reacts after he was convicted of prostitution-related offenses but acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put him behind bars for life, Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in Manhattan federal court in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP) 
FILE – This courtroom sketch depicts Sean “Diddy” Combs sitting at the defense table during his bail hearing in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (Elizabeth Williams via AP, File) 
Sean “Diddy” Combs watches as Regina Ventura, the mother of alleged victim Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, testifies at his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 20, 2025, in this courtroom sketch. (REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg) 
Sean “Diddy” Combs listens as Nicole Westmoreland cross examines Bryana Bongolan during Combs’ sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 5, 2025, in this courtroom sketch. (REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg) 
Sean Diddy Combs listens during opening statements on the first day of trial in Manhattan federal court, Monday, May 12, 2025, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
“This was a lifestyle, one that both Ms. Ventura and Jane chose. One they all—as grown adults—had a right to choose,” they said.
The phrasing was a continuation of the defense strategy used by Combs’ attorneys at trial, who painted his relationships as entirely consensual.
They also contend that he did not profit from or run a prostitution business but was a “john” who paid for sex.
“He may be the only person currently 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, when he did not even have sex with the escort himself,” they wrote.
Diddy’s living conditions in Brooklyn jail unsafe: Defense team
Attorneys also said Combs should be released because the conditions of confinement at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where he is currently being held, are unsafe.
“There is a significant issue at the MDC related to the safety of employees and incarcerated individuals that require outside law enforcement action from multiple agencies to address,” they wrote.
In the motion, attorneys offered several conditions to his release, including a $50 million bond cosigned by three financially responsible people, assurance that Combs would remain only in his Miami home, his travel would be limited to New York and Florida for attorney meetings and surrender of his passport.
They pressed that Combs was not a flight risk nor a danger to the community or any specific people.
The latest bid for bail is one of several his attorneys have made since he was arrested in September 2024.