Sean “Diddy” Combs is pushing for a retrial, searching for to overturn the federal jury’s current verdict that discovered him responsible on two counts of transporting people for prostitution. The movement, filed this week, marks the most recent improvement in a case that has drawn nationwide consideration. While Diddy was cleared of probably the most critical expenses—federal intercourse trafficking and racketeering—his conviction nonetheless carries the load of a possible 20-year sentence.

The trial, which stretched over two months, ended with a combined verdict that left Diddy’s authorized destiny hanging within the steadiness. In the newly filed movement, his authorized workforce argues that the fees had been mischaracterized. “Mr. Combs, at most, paid to engage in voyeurism as part of a ‘swingers’ lifestyle,” his attorneys wrote. “This behavior does not meet the legal definition of ‘prostitution’ as it should be interpreted.”

Diddy’s $50M bail battle highlights danger and celeb

Diddy is scheduled to be sentenced on October 3. In the meantime, his attorneys have requested the courtroom to launch him on a $50 million bond—a request the prosecution is combating fiercely. U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton argued in courtroom filings that Diddy poses a danger each to the general public and of flight. “The defendant’s temper and violence were unpredictable,” Clayton stated. He added that it will be “impossible” for Diddy to show he presents no menace to the neighborhood, referencing the producer’s personal admissions of violent habits in the course of the trial.

In response, Diddy’s attorneys have pushed again, claiming the federal government has misrepresented the character of his personal life. They level to testimony suggesting Diddy had longstanding relationships with male escorts and dancers—people, they are saying, who had been pretty compensated and with whom he shared real private connections.

Nonetheless, the retrial movement indicators that his authorized workforce is much from completed. For now, the hip-hop mogul awaits his destiny, because the courtroom weighs what comes subsequent in a case that continues to straddle the traces between celeb, prison legislation, and cultural scrutiny.