The Associated PressThe twin daughters of Sean “Diddy” Combs, arrive at Federal Court, in New York, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. Combs’ lawyers wanted him freed immediately and said the time behind bars has already forced his remorse and sobriety. Combs’ lawyers were denied a request to let him await trial under house arrest at his mansion on an island in Miami Beach, Florida. Combs’ lawyers argued at trial that the government was trying to criminalize consensual, if unconventional, sexual tastes. Federal law that was violatedCombs was sentenced for violating the federal Mann Act, an anti-prostitution law with a century-old history.