Combs' defense asks him to be released on a $1 million bond

The judge has received a letter from Sean "Diddy" Combs' defense team asking that Combs be freed go while he waits for sentencing and suggesting conditions under which he would be let off.

The letter suggests: A $1 million bond, signed by Combs, his mother, sister, and the mother of his eldest daughter.

Combs’ travel be restricted to parts of Florida, California, New York and New Jersey. (Combs has homes in Florida and California, and the latter two states would cover visits with attorneys and attendance in court);

The surrender of Combs’ passport;

Drug testing by pretrial services;

“All other standard conditions of pretrial supervision.

The letter says that Combs should be let out with restrictions since he will get a lower term than if he had been found guilty of the more serious charges.

Sean Combs, the hip-hop mogul who built a business empire around his personal brand, was convicted on Wednesday of transporting prostitutes to participate in his drug-fueled sex marathons, but acquitted of racketeering and sex trafficking, the most serious charges against him.

Though Mr. Combs, 55, still faces a potential sentence of as much as 20 years in prison, he and his lawyers were jubilant after the acquittals on the more severe charges in an indictment that accused the famed producer of coercing women into unwanted sex with male prostitutes, aided by a team of pliant employees.

“Mr. Combs has already been incarcerated for 10 months. His sentencing exposure — which we fully respect and do not seek to minimize in any way — is in fact low, and so is any corresponding risk of flight,” the letter reads.