Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been denied bail, and must now remain behind bars in New York City as he awaits sentencing on prostitution-related charges.
The 55-year-old rapper has been imprisoned at the infamous Metropolitan Detention Center Brooklyn since his arrest last September for coercing women into having drug-fueled sex marathons with men while he watched.
Combs was ultimately acquitted of the most serious charges - racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges carrying potential life prison terms.
But he was convicted last month of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution for arranging for girlfriends and male sex workers to travel to engage in sexual encounters that he filmed - charges that carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
The Bad Boy Records founder is now due to be sentenced on October 3, and his lawyers have repeatedly argued he should be allowed to go free until then.
