Sean 'Diddy' Combs

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers have filed a brief with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York seeking his immediate release from a New Jersey federal prison, asking the court to overturn his Mann Act convictions or order U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian to reduce his four‑year‑plus sentence. The filing argues the judge improperly relied on evidence tied to racketeering and sex‑trafficking counts on which a jury acquitted Combs, effectively acting as a 'thirteenth juror' and imposing what the defense calls the harshest sentence ever for similar non‑coercion prostitution offenses.