Diddy’s authorized workforce is demanding both an acquittal or a brand new trial after his conviction, arguing the proof doesn’t maintain up in court docket.
Sean “Diddy” Combs is pushing for a clear slate or a courtroom do-over after being convicted on two federal counts tied to transporting ladies for paid intercourse throughout state traces, in response to new motions filed by his authorized workforce in New York.
The embattled Hip-Hop mogul’s attorneys are asking the court docket to both toss out the responsible verdicts or grant a brand new trial, arguing the proof introduced in the course of the eight-week trial didn’t assist the costs.
The case stems from violations of the Mann Act, a century-old regulation prohibiting the interstate transport of people for prostitution.
Whereas Diddy was cleared of the extra extreme allegations — together with racketeering conspiracy and intercourse trafficking, which may have landed him a life sentence — the jury discovered him responsible on two lesser counts involving what prosecutors described as organizing journey for so-called “freak offs” with escorts and his longtime accomplice.
His protection workforce insists the federal government’s case was constructed on weak proof and sensationalism.
They declare prosecutors “painted him as a monster” and that the jury’s resolution to acquit on essentially the most severe prices proves the case lacked substance.
“Sean Combs sits in jail primarily based 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. That’s not prostitution, and whether it is, his conviction is unconstitutional,” the submitting says.
Additionally they argue that Diddy neither organized for escorts to journey nor engaged in prostitution himself, noting he didn’t have intercourse with the ladies concerned.
The authorized workforce says the Mann Act was misapplied and that the costs unfairly focused his personal way of life.
If the court docket refuses to overturn the decision, Diddy’s legal professionals are requesting a brand new trial, citing inadequate proof to assist the jury’s resolution on the 2 counts.
Diddy Seeks Bond With $50 Million Package deal
In a separate submitting earlier this week, his attorneys renewed their push for pre-sentencing launch on a $50 million bond.
They proposed a strict bail bundle that might hold Diddy at his Miami residence, require him to give up his passport and restrict his journey to the Southern Districts of Florida and New York for authorized issues.
They argue that “distinctive circumstances” — together with alleged threats to his security at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Heart — justify his launch, and level out that others convicted beneath comparable prices have been granted bail whereas awaiting sentencing.
To this point, the court docket has denied his bond requests, citing previous home violence incidents and considerations he might pose a menace to others.
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