Sean Combs’s Lawyers Urge Judge to Free Him Before the End of 2025

Lawyers for Sean Combs made a plea for leniency ahead of his Oct. 3 sentencing on prostitution charges, portraying the music mogul as a reformed domestic abuser who was largely vindicated at trial.

In court papers, filed late on Monday, his lawyers argued that after a jury acquitted Mr. Combs of the most serious charges brought against him, his case warrants no more than 14 months in prison, a far lighter sentence than the probation department’s recommendation of a maximum of seven-and-a-quarter years.

Mr. Combs has already spent more than a year in a Brooklyn jail and the defense lawyers’ recommendation, if accepted by the judge, would mean their client would be freed less than two months after sentencing.