Diddy Attorneys to Argue for Acquittal, New Trial in Court docket Listening to

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

Diddy’s authorized staff is asking Decide Arun Subramanian to alter 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 strains for the needs of prostitution.

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

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

Federal prosecutors, nevertheless, 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 side of his notorious freak-offs.

The feds have additionally attacked the notion Diddy simply favored to observe, saying he “totally 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 below the First Modification does not maintain water as a result of lots of the freak-offs weren’t recorded — and for those that had been, Diddy usually did not give advance discover he’d be filming, and lots of the individuals did not consent to the recordings.