Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs have filed a discover of attraction, requesting their shopper’s “quick launch” from federal jail and to “both grant a judgment of acquittal or vacate and remand for resentencing,” reports Rolling Stone.
Within the discover, legal professional Alexandra Shapiro accused Decide Arun Subramanian of performing “as a thirteenth juror” throughout sentencing, including, “The choose defied the jury’s verdict and located Combs ‘coerced,’ ‘exploited,’ and ‘compelled’ his girlfriends to have intercourse and led a prison conspiracy. These judicial findings trumped the decision and led to the very best sentence ever imposed for any remotely comparable defendant—though most others, in contrast to Combs, ran prostitution companies that exploited poor or undocumented girls or minors.” The present attraction follows an unsuccessful bid in September the place Combs requested Decide Subramanian to contemplate an acquittal or new trial.
In October, Combs was sentenced to 50 months in jail and ordered to pay a superb of $500,000 after being discovered responsible of two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution. “A considerable sentence have to be given to ship a message to abusers and victims alike that exploitation and violence towards girls is met with actual accountability,” Decide Subramanian stated on the time. Combs had initially been acquitted on the extra severe of costs of intercourse trafficking and racketeering, which carried the potential for life in jail. The music mogul nonetheless faces quite a few civil lawsuits accusing him of varied intercourse crimes. In November, the L.A. Sheriff’s workplace announced it was investigating Combs for sexual battery.
Pitchfork has requested additional remark from Combs’ attorneys and the U.S. Southern District of New York.
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