Attorneys for Sean Combs have filed a movement to dismiss Rely Three of the Superseding Indictment in United States v. Sean Combs, arguing that he’s being unfairly focused as a consequence of his race. The submitting states that “no white particular person has ever been the goal of a remotely related prosecution” underneath the Mann Act, also referred to as the White-Slave Visitors Act.
The movement asserts that Combs is being singled out as a strong Black man for actions that haven’t led to related expenses towards others. His authorized crew describes the case as “unprecedented” and claims there has by no means been a RICO prosecution of this nature. The submitting additional argues that the federal government has “concocted a legal case” largely based mostly on allegations that Combs and his longtime companions sometimes employed male escorts, a state of affairs they are saying has by no means resulted in prosecution for a white defendant.
Combs’ attorneys additionally accuse the federal government of racial bias and media manipulation, alleging efforts to prejudice the jury pool by means of pretrial publicity and leaks that play into dangerous stereotypes. They declare the case is a part of a broader sample of racial disparity within the justice system and demand the dismissal of Rely Three.