The Hip-Hop tycoon faces up to 20 years in prison, but his lawyers claim that the jury’s decision should be revoked.
Sean “Diddy” Combs returns Thursday to the Federal Court of Manhattan to try to cancel the verdict that declared him guilty of prostitutionalthough it acquitted it from the most serious positions of sexual trafficking and organized crime. If the conviction is confirmed, you could receive up to 20 years in prison in the sentence planned for the October 3.
The businessman of 55 yearsarrested since September 2024, maintains that the ruling must be revoked because had no sexual relations with prostitutes or their girlfriends during the meetings known as “Freak offs.” His lawyers claimed that combs only filmed the meetings as “Amateur porn”which, according to defense, constitutes an expression protected by the first amendment.
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The presentation was made last July 30. The strategy indicates that the district judge Arun Subramanian Discard the verdict of the jury of the July 2who found him responsible for having paid male companions to travel to other states and have sex with their partners while he recorded them and masturbated.
The prosecution’s position
Federal prosecutors responded August 20 That combs did not need to personally participate in sexual acts to be convicted, since organized transfers and filming. In addition, they accused him of Use videos like blackmailthreatening to spread them if their girlfriends refused to continue the meetings.
During the trial, witnesses Casandra Ventura (Cassie) And another woman identified as Jane They declared that combs physically attacked them and forced them to participate under the threat of cutting financial support.
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The judge Subramanian He will grant each part 20 minutes to expose his arguments at this Thursday’s audience. If you keep the conviction, you must define the penalty October 3. The defense requested a sentence of 14 monthswhich would allow combs a prompt release for the time already fulfilled in prison.
New demand for sexual assault against “Diddy” combs
While waiting for the Judgment for transport positions for prostitution purposesthe rapper Sean “Diddy” combs faces more legal problems. Your ex -style, Dente Nashhe demanded it in Los Angeles for alleged sexual assault, violence and threats, he reported Billboard.
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Nash said that during the ten years he worked for the artist (2008-2018) he suffered physical and sexual abuse, humiliations and psychological manipulation. He said that Diddy showed him his genitals, forced him to touch him in 2016 and in 2018 he scrubbed him sexually. He also denounced abusive labor demands and pressures after your resignation. The defense of the rapper, headed by Erica Wolffhe described the accusations of “opportunists”
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