Diddy Attorneys to Argue for Acquittal, New Trial in Courtroom Listening to

Sean “Diddy” Combs is getting one other chew on the apple … his attorneys might be in court docket in the present day arguing to overturn his conviction on 2 federal counts of the Mann Act.

Diddy’s authorized workforce is asking Choose Arun Subramanian to vary Diddy’s Mann Act conviction to an acquittal or give him a brand new trial. Federal prosecutors are against each.

As , the Mann Act prohibits the transportation of people throughout state traces for the needs of prostitution.

Diddy’s attorneys beforehand claimed he made no cash off prostitution and insisted the Mann Act is normally designed for going after folks operating intercourse rings.

In addition they say Diddy by no means had intercourse with the male intercourse employees, and by no means instantly organized for his or her transportation throughout state traces. His attorneys say Diddy was merely a voyeur and beginner pornographer who loved recording his ex-girlfriends having intercourse.

Federal prosecutors, nonetheless, have countered … Uncle Sam says there was loads of proof to help the jury’s Mann Act convictions … arguing Diddy was the mastermind of each facet of his notorious freak-offs.

The feds have additionally attacked the notion Diddy simply appreciated to observe, saying he “absolutely participated by directing the sexual conduct between escorts and victims and masturbating all through the sexual episode.”

What’s extra, prosecutors claimed Diddy’s argument that he was extra like a porn producer protected underneath the First Modification would not maintain water as a result of lots of the freak-offs weren’t recorded — and for those that have been, Diddy typically did not give advance discover he’d be filming, and lots of the individuals did not consent to the recordings.