October 30, 2025
Sean “Diddy” Combs is searching for to fast-track his enchantment to cut back his 50-month jail sentence.
After Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to 50 months in jail, his authorized staff is searching for to fast-track his enchantment.
On Oct. 29, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ attorneys filed a request with a federal appeals courtroom to expedite his enchantment of two prostitution-related convictions, ABC 7 NY reported. They argued that, beneath an ordinary timeline, Combs might full his 50-month jail sentence earlier than the enchantment is heard. Combs has already served roughly 14 months, and it stays unclear how for much longer he’ll serve, given potential sentence reductions, in accordance with protection legal professional Alexandra Shapiro.
“An expedited briefing and argument schedule is essential to make sure that Mr. Combs’s enchantment of his sentence doesn’t turn into moot whereas the enchantment is pending,” Shapiro stated within the submitting.
The submitting comes days after the Bureau of Prisons listed what it believes is Combs’ launch date from the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn as Might 8, 2028, although that date might change. Earlier this month, Combs was convicted on two counts of violating the Mann Act for transporting people for the aim of prostitution, following an eight-week trial in July that examined his remedy of ex-girlfriends and staff. The jury acquitted him of the extra critical intercourse trafficking and racketeering fees.
Combs’ attorneys plan to enchantment to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Courtroom of Appeals, arguing that prosecutors misapplied the regulation.
“Sean’s enchantment will problem the unfair use of the Mann Act, an notorious statute with a sordid historical past, to prosecute him for intercourse with consenting adults,” Shapiro stated.
The submitting additionally particulars Combs’ plan to problem his conviction and sentencing on the prostitution fees, arguing that the counts mustn’t apply since he had no monetary motive for transporting male escorts, claiming he solely sought to watch them together with his girlfriends.
“Mr. Combs expects to problem each his conviction and sentence in his enchantment. An expedited briefing and argument schedule is essential to make sure that Mr. Combs’s enchantment of his sentence doesn’t turn into moot whereas the enchantment is pending,” the submitting states.
“Accordingly, to make sure that Mr. Combs might meaningfully profit from any appellate ruling vacating his sentence, we’ve got proposed a schedule that may expedite this Courtroom’s consideration of Mr. Combs’s enchantment.”
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