Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs asks for release on 50 million dollar bond before sentencing

In this courtroom sketch, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs reacts after he was convicted of prostitution-related offences but acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put him behind bars for life (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is asking a judge to free him on a 50 million dollar bond while he awaits sentencing in October after a jury found him not guilty of the most serious federal charges he faced earlier this month.

In a court filing on Tuesday, Combs’s lawyer argued that conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn are dangerous, noting that others convicted of similar prostitution-related offences were typically released before sentencing.