Sean “Diddy” Combs is asking to be acquitted on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution — or, he desires a brand new trial.
Us Weekly obtained a brand new movement filed by Diddy’s legal professionals late Wednesday, July 30, arguing that he’s not in violation of the Mann Act, a federal legislation that prohibits the transportation of people over state or worldwide traces for the needs of prostitution.
In accordance with his legal professionals, Diddy didn’t organize transportation for individuals employed for his alleged “freak offs,” nor did he have intercourse with them. His legal professionals stated that Diddy’s involvement was restricted to watching and/or filming the intercourse acts, stating that “a number of state courts have held that paying for voyeurism — to observe different individuals have intercourse — shouldn’t be prostitution.”
Throughout Diddy’s trial, ex-girlfriend Cassie, 38, testified {that a} “freak off” “mainly entails the hiring of an escort and establishing this expertise in order that I might carry out for Sean.” She added that Diddy would “really direct us on what we have been doing.” She and one other witness — recognized solely as “Jane Doe” — each testified that Diddy would movie these “freak offs.”
“To our data, Mr. Combs is the one particular person ever convicted of violating the statute for conduct something like this,” the movement states. “It’s undisputed that he had no business motive and that each one concerned have been adults. The boys selected to journey and interact within the exercise voluntarily. The decision confirms the ladies weren’t susceptible or exploited or trafficked or sexually assaulted throughout the freak offs or lodge nights. And Mr. Combs by no means had intercourse with the supposed ‘prostitutes.’”
For the reason that trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs kicked off on the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in New York Metropolis on Might 5, quite a few witnesses have taken the stand to testify about their alleged interactions with the rapper. Diddy was arrested in September 2024 and charged with intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to have interaction […]
In September 2024, Diddy was indicted on federal costs together with two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution, two counts of intercourse trafficking and one rely of racketeering conspiracy. He was cleared of the intercourse trafficking and racketeering conspiracy costs throughout his trial, which concluded in early July. (Diddy has maintained his innocence since his preliminary arrest and denied all costs in opposition to him.)
Ought to Diddy not be acquitted, his legal professionals are asking Decide Arun Subramanian to grant him a brand new trial solely associated to the 2 prostitution-related costs. They stated a brand new trial ought to exclude video proof offered on the preliminary trial that confirmed him assaulting then-girlfriend Cassie in a lodge hallway in 2016. That footage, they stated, was admitted in relation to the intercourse trafficking and racketeering costs and was “irrelevant and unfairly prejudicial” to the 2 costs of which he was finally discovered responsible.
“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,” the movement says. “That isn’t prostitution, and whether it is, his conviction is unconstitutional. The Court docket ought to grant an acquittal, or at an absolute minimal, a brand new trial on the Mann Act counts alone.”
Diddy was convicted on the 2 transportation to have interaction in prostitution costs on July 2 following the conclusion of a two-month trial. He might resist 20 years in jail much less time already served when he’s sentenced on October 3.
In a Tuesday, July 29, court docket submitting, Diddy’s legal professionals once more requested Decide Subramanian to launch the music mogul on bail pending the October sentencing. They’re asking he’s launched on a $50 million bail.
“Sean Combs shouldn’t be in jail for this conduct,” the movement, obtained by Us, stated. “In truth, he stands out as the solely particular person at the moment in a United States jail for being any kind of john, and positively the one particular person in jail for hiring grownup male escorts for him and his girlfriend, when he didn’t even have intercourse with the escort himself.”
This week, Deadline and TMZ each reported that President Donald Trump is contemplating pardoning Diddy. Us understands that the White Home doesn’t touch upon potential pardons. Diddy’s reps didn’t reply to a request for touch upon Wednesday.
