Sean “Diddy” Combs has asked the judge who is overseeing his case to acquit him or give him a new trial – before he has even been sentenced.

In a 62-page memorandum, filed overnight on Wednesday, Combs’ defense argues that he was unfairly targeted by the federal government and that his conviction was “unconstitutional” and unprecedented.

Combs was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution earlier this month, but was acquitted on the more serious charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.

During his trial, prosecutors accused Combs of leading a criminal enterprise made up of some of his closest employees, alleging they used threats, violence, forced labor, bribery and other crimes to force Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and another woman, “Jane,” to engage in drug-fueled sex acts with male escorts called “Freak Offs” or “hotel nights.” His lawyers argued the sex acts were consensual and merely preferences of a “swingers’” lifestyle, while trying to undermine the hip-hop mogul’s accusers by contending they were trying to gain a monetary benefit from Combs. He pleaded not guilty to all charges.

The new filing states that Combs is the only person in America to be convicted under the Mann Act under his circumstances, with his attorneys arguing that had he only been charged with the two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, his trial would have been entirely different with less evidence of violence presented to the jury.

“This conviction stands alone, but it should not stand at all,” Combs’ attorney Alexandra Shapiro wrote in the memorandum.

“Since the government arrested Sean Combs last September, it has painted him as a monster. For months, prosecutors accused him of running a 20-year racketeering enterprise and of sex trafficking multiple women,” the filing states. “But his 2-month trial showed these charges were not supported by credible evidence, and the jury rejected them.”

The filing continues: “Mr. Combs now stands convicted only of two prostitution counts under the Mann Act, which doesn’t require proof of coercion, threats, or fraud. The government told the jury it had to convict so long as Mr. Combs arranged for a long-time girlfriend or a paid male escort or entertainer to travel across state lines to get together and have sex. And that is all the jury convicted him for.”

Combs’ defense argues it is “undisputed that he had no commercial motive and that all involved were adults,” adding that the “men chose to travel and engage in the activity voluntarily.”

“To our knowledge, Mr. Combs is the only person ever convicted of violating the statute for conduct anything like this,” the filing states.

Both of the government’s alleged victims – former girlfriends Ventura and the woman who testified under the pseudonym “Jane” – testified that they did not want to have sex with other men, telling the jury repeatedly that although they did engage in the drug-fueled “Freak-Offs,” the sexual encounters were facilitated by Combs and they did not feel they had a choice, since he controlled their careers and finances. Ventura testified that she was scared of saying no to Combs’ requests for her to have sex with other men because he was frequently violent with her. The jury was presented ample evidence of Combs’ violence toward Ventura, including 2016 hotel surveillance footage of Ventura, which was first published by CNN in May 2024.

Despite their graphic testimony, the jury did not convict Combs of sex trafficking either woman.

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