Diddy-combs”>Diddy took a significant L in Manhattan federal courtroom Tuesday after a decide shot down his try to get two prostitution-related convictions tossed—leaving him caught with a sentencing date this Friday on critical Mann Act expenses.

The 55-year-old Hip-Hop boss was convicted in July for flying male escorts throughout state strains to hook up together with his exes.

That transfer violated the Mann Act, a century-old legislation meant to cease sex trafficking. Diddy’s authorized squad tried to argue the entire thing was method overblown and mainly about some wild “freak offs” between consenting adults.

“This is wildly out of proportion to the conduct at issue—threesomes where fully competent adult men and women voluntarily crossed state lines and had consensual sex with each other, and the defendant made no money from the conduct,” his legal professionals wrote. “We are unaware of any other Mann Act prosecution based on such conduct.”

Judge Arun Subramanian wasn’t shopping for any of it. He clapped again with a no-nonsense ruling, saying the entire thing nonetheless fell below prostitution—even when Diddy wasn’t pocketing money from it.

“To any modern reader, the plain meaning of prostitution is sex for sale. Every modern dictionary the Court consulted says the same thing,” the decide stated. “What happened in this case was transportation for prostitution even under Combs’s understanding of the term: Combs transported the escorts (who were financially motivated) and intended for them to engage in prostitution.”

Diddy beat the larger expenses like sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, which might’ve landed him a life sentence. Still, these two Mann Act hits might value him as much as 20 years behind bars.

His protection lawyer Alexandra Shapiro tried to color him as a voyeur who preferred filming his wild sex life, saying it was all lined by the First Amendment. But prosecutors weren’t going for that both. They stated he paid his exes again for establishing the sex periods, making him legally accountable.

The courtroom testimony obtained graphic quick. Cassie, Jane Doe and different ladies informed the courtroom Diddy bankrolled the hookups and was far more than only a spectator.

Judge Subramanian broke it down in brutal element: “Evidence at trial showed that when Combs filmed, he didn’t typically give notice ahead of time or ask for consent, as a film producer would; and that he masturbated, suggesting that the purpose was his immediate sexual gratification.”

It didn’t cease there. The decide added, “The evidence showed that Combs ‘and the escort would both … have intercourse’ with Ventura at the same time. And after Ventura or Jane finished having sex with an escort, Combs would have sex with Ventura or Jane, often while the escort’s semen was still on their body. At other times, Ventura would ‘put [the men’s] semen on [Combs], usually on his chest, on his nipples.’”

Yeah. That’s within the official courtroom opinion.

With the decide locking within the convictions, federal prosecutors are actually pushing exhausting for 11 years and three months behind bars, plus the most important superb allowed. They say Diddy used threats and concern techniques and hasn’t proven the slightest little bit of regret.

They additionally informed the courtroom he’s “not accepted responsibility for his actions” and has a “pattern of abuse.”

On the flip aspect, Diddy’s legal professionals are asking for a a lot lighter sentence. They declare he’s already served the equal of 14 months in pretrial lockup and wish him to do the remainder on home arrest. They additionally introduced up his clear prison file and the truth that he beat the extra critical expenses.

Judge Subramanian has denied him bail greater than as soon as, pointing to the seriousness of the case and considerations over public security

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