"Defendants typically get sentenced to less than 15 months for these offenses - even when coercion, which the jury didn't find here, is involved,"
"The judge defied the jury's verdict and found Combs 'coerced,' 'exploited,' and 'forced' his girlfriends to have sex and led a criminal conspiracy. These judicial findings trumped the verdict and led to the highest sentence ever imposed for any remotely similar defendant,"
"thirteenth juror"
Lawyers filed with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seeking immediate release or reversal of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' conviction or a reduced sentence. Combs, 56, is incarcerated at a federal prison in New Jersey with a scheduled release in May 2028. A jury acquitted him of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking in July but convicted him under the Mann Act for transporting people across state lines for a sexual crime and on two lesser prostitution counts that do not require force. Lawyers argue Judge Arun Subramanian improperly relied on evidence tied to acquitted charges and acted as a 'thirteenth juror,' producing an unusually high sentence. They requested acquittal, immediate release, or a sentence reduction, noting typical sentences for similar offenses are under 15 months.
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