Sean Diddy Combs filed a new appeal to the court for his immediate release with a new argument against his allegedly unfair trial.
The 56-year-old disgraced music mogul presented the argument through his legal team Alexandra Shapiro and Nicole Westmoreland in New York on Thursday, April 9.
They argued that the Bad Boy Records founder should be released under the First Amendment, according to details obtained by Page six.
Shapiro and Westmoreland argued that Diddy was wrongfully convicted under the Mann Act while he was involved in the creation of independent adult bands, which is legal under US free speech laws.
The Last night the rapper’s legal team argued that Judge Arun Subramanian, who was in charge of the case, used the wrong allegations against Combs to sentence him harshly.
“We made that abundantly clear. The district court should not consider the acquitted conduct,” Shapiro said, adding that Combs’ sentence is the “highest sentence ever imposed on a Mann Act defendant under the same-based defense level.”
The lawyers demanded the immediate acquittal and release of the music mogul or at least his freedom and outrage for a shorter period of time.
However, Assistant US Attorney Christy Slavik called the entire argument “meritless,” marking the distinction between Diddy and adult filmmakers.
He also doubled down on Justice Subramanian’s “properly applied” ruling given the “aggravated manner in which [Combs] committed his Mann Act offenses.”
Combs was convicted of transportation for prostitution in July 2025 following his arrest in September 2024.
