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Sean "Diddy" Combs is doing everything he can to get his conviction overturned.
According to a report TMZ published on Wednesday, September 3, the incarcerated artist used his latest filing to convince Judge Arun Subramanian to either acquit him or give him a new trial. Combs' legal team argued that federal prosecutors used the wrong definition of "prostitution" when they charged him with violating the Mann Act, which was written into law in 1910. His attorneys said the feds should've used the 1910 definition of "prostitution," which is "a woman who had sex outside of marriage," instead of the 2025 definition, meaning "sex for hire."
Combs' lawyers argue that the feds didn't do a great job at proving *he* paid for the male prostitutes named in the indictment. Throughout the trial, it was clear that other people, like his ex-girlfriend Casandra "Cassie" Ventura and other assistants, facilitated the freak-offs and provided payments to the male escorts. However, there wasn't enough evidence to prove the payments came from Combs himself, hence why he was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering. He also maintained that he was only a voyeur and didn't engage in sexual activity with the male prostitutes.
The Love Album artist was convicted on both counts of transportation to engage in prostitution involving his ex-girlfriends, Cassie and "Jane." Shortly after his conviction, Combs' attorneys appealed the verdict and requested Judge Subramanian to either overturn the conviction or give him a new trial based strictly on the two violations of the Mann Act. Combs filed the motion just weeks ahead of his scheduled sentencing hearing, which is set for October 3.