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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 released before sentencing.
“Sean Combs should not be in jail for this conduct,” Marc
Agnifilo said. “In fact, 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.”
A spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan did
not immediately respond to a request for comment. Prosecutors
have previously insisted he remains a flight risk.
Combs, 55, 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.
Immediately after he was acquitted on July 2, Agnifilo had asked
that Combs be released 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 community.”
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.
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