Sean “Diddy” Combs will remain jailed until his sentencing on two felony counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, a U.S. District judge ruled in New York on Wednesday.
Judge Arun Subramanian said the defense failed to show that Combs poses “no danger to any person” as he explained his decision to deny the music mogul a $1 million bail, NBC News reported.
Subramanian added that Combs had demonstrated a “disregard for the rule of law and a propensity of violence.”
Hours earlier, Combs was convicted on two counts of Mann Act violations for transporting male escorts and former girlfriends Cassie Ventura and “Jane” for sex.
The Bad Boy Records founder was acquitted of two counts of sex trafficking and one count of racketeering conspiracy.
Combs had claimed that his responsibilities as a father and son were enough to qualify as an exception to the Bail Reform Act, but Subramanian disagreed.
The judge pointed to Combs’ 2016 beating of Ventura —captured by a hotel security camera—as clear domestic violence, as well as his violence against “Jane” in June of last year. In the latter instance, Subramanian said Combs should have known better in part because Homeland Security Investigations agents had raided his home two months prior.
Subramanian also reminded Combs’ attorneys that they had admitted to the jury that he had committed domestic violence, but argued that it didn’t rise to the level of sex trafficking or racketeering.
Before Subramanian’s sentencing decision, the prosecution had provided letters from two witnesses—one of them Ventura, per NBC—who worried that Combs could pose a danger if released.
After bail was denied, Combs’ lawyer argued that his client was a “model prisoner” and should be released.
“He is a man who’s in the process of working on himself,” Marc Agnifilo said, The New York Times reported. “I just think we should trust him. He’s not going to flee.”
Agnifilo claimed Combs’ conviction was “unusual” and “exceptional,” prompting prosecutor Maurene Comey to tell the judge, ”There is nothing exceptional about this case except for his continued criminality."
Subramanian set sentencing for October 3, though that date could be moved up. Combs, who has been incarcerated in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center for nearly 10 months, would be credited with time served, the judge added.
Combs could face up to 20 years in prison for both charges, but the prosecution is aiming for 51 to 63 months, according to NBC.
Combs’ attorneys are seeking a sentence of 21 to 27 months.
