Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs requests an acquittal or a retrial

Arguing that the US federal authorities unfairly focused him, that his conviction is “unconstitutional” and unprecedented, Sean “Diddy” Combs has requested the decide in his case to acquit him or give him a retrial in a 62-page memorandum. He has not but been sentenced.

Combs, 55, was convicted on two counts of transportation to interact in prostitution earlier this month, however was acquitted on the extra extreme accusations of racketeering conspiracy and intercourse trafficking.

The hip-hop mogul has been in jail since his arrest in September 2024 and is because of be sentenced in October. On Tuesday, July twenty ninth, his attorneys filed a brand new request for his launch on a $50 million bond forward of the listening to.

‘Painted him as a monster’

Within the new submitting, Combs’s defence workforce stated the US authorities had “painted him as a monster” ever since his arrest, however argued his two-month trial confirmed allegations of a “20-year racketeering enterprise and intercourse trafficking a number of girls… weren’t supported by credible proof, and the jury rejected them”.

The submitting additionally states Combs is the one particular person in America to be convicted underneath the Mann Act underneath his circumstances, along with his attorneys arguing that had he solely been charged with the 2 counts of transportation to interact in prostitution, his trial would have been solely totally different, with much less proof of violence introduced to the jury.

“This conviction stands alone, but it surely shouldn’t stand in any respect,” Combs’ lawyer Alexandra Shapiro wrote within the memorandum, in accordance to CNN.

“For the reason that authorities arrested Sean Combs final September, it has painted him as a monster. For months, prosecutors accused him of operating a 20-year racketeering enterprise and of intercourse trafficking a number of girls,” the submitting states. “However his 2-month trial confirmed these prices weren’t supported by credible proof, and the jury rejected them.”

Combs, just one ever convicted underneath Mann Act

The submitting continues: “Mr. Combs now stands convicted solely of two prostitution counts underneath the Mann Act, which doesn’t require proof of coercion, threats, or fraud. The federal government advised the jury it needed to convict as long as Mr. Combs organized for a long-time girlfriend or a paid male escort or entertainer to journey throughout state traces to get collectively and have intercourse. And that’s all of the jury convicted him for.”

Combs’ defence argues it’s “undisputed that he had no business motive and that every one concerned have been adults,” including that the “males selected to journey and have interaction within the exercise voluntarily.”

“To our data, Mr. Combs is the one particular person ever convicted of violating the statute for conduct something like this,” the submitting states.

“Sean Combs sits in jail based mostly on proof that he paid grownup male escorts and entertainers who engaged in consensual sexual actions along with his former girlfriends, which he videotaped and later watched with the girlfriends,” the submitting later states. “That’s not prostitution, and whether it is, his conviction is unconstitutional.”

Could be in jail for not more than 5 years

Combs’ workforce argues that the “Freak-Off” movies – parts of which have been considered quite a few occasions by the jury – are usually not proof of coercion or prostitution, however fairly “novice porn.”

Combs’ sentencing is scheduled for October third. Combs faces a most sentence of 20 years in jail, however it’s extremely unlikely he’ll get the utmost punishment, the New York Instances wrote.

Nonetheless, prosecutors beforehand stated their preliminary calculations point out Combs ought to get at the very least 51 to 63 months, or roughly 4 to 5 years, in jail on the 2 convictions. In the meantime, the defence steered a variety of 21 to 27 months.