Diddy Files Appeal Asking for ‘Immediate Release’ From Prison

Sean “Diddy” Combs has filed an enchantment for his 50-month sentence, claiming that the court docket handed down an extreme punishment in his federal trial and asking for his “immediate release” from jail.

In the 84-page enchantment, filed yesterday and reviewed by Variety, legal professional Alexandra A.E. Shapiro argued that Combs’ 50-month sentence was better than it ought to have been, laying the blame at the ft of Judge Aran Subramanian and stating that he “acted as the thirteenth juror.” The enchantment said that Subramanian defied the jury’s verdict and located that Combs “coerced,” “exploited” and “forced” his girlfriends to have intercourse and led a prison conspiracy, which “trumped the verdict.”

“Defendants typically get sentenced to less than 15 months for these offenses — even when coercion, which the jury didn’t find here, is involved,” reads the enchantment.

Combs was initially convicted in July on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution, and was acquitted of the more severe racketeering conspiracy and intercourse trafficking expenses that carried heftier sentences. At his sentencing in October, Subramanian made it clear that Combs’ violence can be a think about his resolution, citing the video of the 2016 incident the place he attacked his former girlfriend, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura.

“The same power you used to hurt women, you can use to help them,” he told Combs during the sentencing. “I’m counting on you to make the most of your second chance.”

Shapiro also argued in the enchantment that the conviction ought to be reversed because Combs’ sexual interactions and filming of said acts have been protected by the First Amendment, an argument Subramanian had beforehand rejected.

Combs is at present serving out his sentence at New Jersey’s FCI Fort Dix with a projected release date set for May 2028.