Sean 'Diddy' Combs denied bail, will remain behind bars ahead of October sentencing

Sean "Diddy" Combs has been denied bail and will remain behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center Brooklyn as he awaits his October sentencing.

Combs was found guilty in July of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, and not guilty of one count of racketeering conspiracy and two counts of sex trafficking. Bail was initially denied following the July 2 verdict, however, defense attorney Marc Agnifilo attempted later in the month to get Combs out on bail, citing severe conditions at the detention center and claiming that Combs was being unfairly treated for engaging in a "swingers" lifestyle, per the Daily Mail.

"Sean Combs will not be violent to anyone," the attorney wrote in his filing. "As we said in court, this jury gave him his life back, and he will not squander his second chance at life, nor would he do anything to further jeopardize his seven children not having a father, and four of his children not having a parent at all."

Prosecutors argued that Combs’ conviction required that he remain behind bars while awaiting sentencing. Prosecutors argued that Combs was a threat to the community if released, citing his "extensive history of violence - and his continued attempt to minimize his recent violent conduct."

Judge Arun Subramanian ruled against the motion for bail on Monday. The judge wrote in his ruling, "Combs failed to satisfy his burden to demonstrate an entitlement to release." The judge added that Combs’ arguments "might have traction in a case that didn’t involve evidence of violence, coercion or subjugation in connection with the acts of prostitution at issue, but the record here contains evidence of all three."

"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’ utilizing 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 victimized by Combs as part of their participation in these events. That makes this case unlike any of the cases Combs points to and places it outside the narrow exception to detention that Congress otherwise deemed mandatory," the ruling continued.

"To be clear, as indicated at the July 2 hearing, the Court offers no view as to how the parties’ competing arguments about the evidence will cash out for purposes of sentencing, which is happening in just sixty days. At this juncture, however, the record doesn’t establish the kind of 'out of the ordinary' exceptional circumstances requiring immediate release." Combs' sentencing is scheduled for October 3.