Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is about to enchantment his conviction and jail sentence.
Sean Combs’ authorized workforce will enchantment conviction and sentencing
The 55-year-old rapper is dealing with 50 months in jail for 2 expenses of transportation for the needs of prostitution, having been acquitted for intercourse trafficking and racketeering expenses.
Now, two weeks after sentencing, his authorized workforce has submitted a two-page ‘discover of enchantment’ kind to the Federal District Court docket in New York.
Additional particulars of the enchantment shall be filed with the court docket at a later date.
Combs was discovered responsible in July, and after sentencing his lawyer Marc Agnifilo accused Decide Arun Subramanian of getting “second guessed” the jury.
He advised reporters: “What we really feel occurred right this moment was that the choose acted as a thirteenth juror, and that he second guessed the jury.”
And he added: “We predict that is simply completely inconsistent with the jury’s verdict.
“The jury’s verdict was resoundingly clear. There was no intercourse trafficking, there was no racketeering, every thing was consensual, every thing was grownup, which is why he was convicted solely of the prostitution offense.”
Marc had beforehand praised the choose’s conduct following the conclusion of his well-known shopper’s trial.
He advised Selection on the time: “I believe Decide Subramanian is a particularly reasonable choose, and he labored remarkably onerous to present us as truthful a trial as potential.
“This trial wasn’t good, as a result of none is. However the choose did an impressive job in being considerate, being cautious, giving a number of time to the events. I can’t say sufficient good issues about our choose. He’s a terrific individual. And whereas no trial is ideal, identical to no lawyer is ideal, I assumed this one was fairly shut.”
The defence workforce had sought a 14-month jail sentence whereas prosecutors needed him to be jailed for 11 years.
Handing down the sentence, the choose advised the disgraced rapper that will probably be “onerous time in jail” away from his household however that he’ll nonetheless “have a life afterwards”.
Diddy has additionally been fined $500,000 and the choose paid tribute to the star’s former associate Cassie Ventura and “the opposite courageous survivors who got here ahead”.
The choose additionally advised the rapper that there’s “gentle on the finish of the tunnel” for each him and his household, though he acknowledged that the Cannot No one Maintain Me Down hitmaker was in a “darkish place” in the mean time.
Diddy had described his behaviour as “disgusting, shameful and sick” as he addressed the court docket earlier than being handed his jail sentence.
He stated: “I used to be sick, sick from the medicine. I used to be uncontrolled, I wanted assist and I did not get the assistance and I can’t make no excuse as a result of my mom taught me.”
Turning to his mom Janice within the gallery, Diddy stated: “I failed you as a son, and I’m sorry.”
