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- Sean 'Diddy' Combs due in court today, seeking expedited sentencing</p>
<p>AARON KATERSKY and MASON LEIBJuly 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM</p>
<p>Defense attorneys and federal prosecutors have agreed to a Sept. 22 sentencing hearing for Sean "Diddy" Combs, according to a letter filed with the court ahead of a hearing set for Tuesday afternoon.</p>
<p>It will be up to Judge Arun Subramanian during today's remote hearing, scheduled for 2 p.m. ET, to accept the accelerated schedule and ask the Probation Office to expedite the pre-sentencing investigation.</p>
<p>Combs was convicted on July 2 on federal charges of transportation to engage in prostitution.</p>
<p>Attorneys for Combs will try to convince Subramanian to accept the Sept. 22 date, citing "exceptional circumstances." The judge last week tentatively scheduled sentencing for October.</p>
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<p>Subramanian agreed to hear arguments for an expedited sentencing following a split verdict that acquitted Combs of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking but convicted him on the two counts of prostitution-related charges he faced.</p>
<p>The defense argued in court last week that "exceptional circumstances" that warrant an expedited sentencing include the 2018 death of Combs' romantic partner, Kim Porter.</p>
<p>"The mother of some of his children had passed away many years ago. These kids, the two daughters here sitting in the middle of your honor's second row, don't have a parent," defense attorney Marc Agnifilo said in court last week.</p>
<p>Jane Rosenberg/Reuters - PHOTO: Sean "Diddy" Combs reacts after verdicts are read of the five counts against him, during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, July 2, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.</p>
<p>Federal prosecutors appeared to oppose anything other than the usual course, including a pre-sentence report from probation officials that would require Combs to sit for an interview.</p>
<p>"The only things exceptional about this defendant are his wealth, his violence and his brazenness," prosecutor Maurene Comey said. She also said that the government plans to pursue "significant incarceration" for Combs on the prostitution charges.</p>
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<p>Combs faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on the two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, though it's possible that he will receive less than that for a first-time conviction. Any sentence would include credit for time served, which so far totals roughly 10 months.</p>
<p>Combs' split verdict last week followed six weeks of testimony that saw the prosecution present 34 witnesses and the defense present none. The jury of eight men and four women deliberated just over two days before reaching their decision.</p>
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