Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is ready to attraction his conviction and jail sentence.
Sean Combs’ authorized group will attraction conviction and sentencing
The 55-year-old rapper is going through 50 months in jail for 2 prices of transportation for the needs of prostitution, having been acquitted for intercourse trafficking and racketeering prices.
Now, two weeks after sentencing, his authorized group has submitted a two-page ‘discover of attraction’ kind to the Federal District Courtroom in New York.
Additional particulars of the attraction will probably be filed with the court docket at a later date.
Combs was discovered responsible in July, and after sentencing his lawyer Marc Agnifilo accused Choose Arun Subramanian of getting “second guessed” the jury.
He instructed reporters: “What we really feel occurred at the moment was that the choose acted as a thirteenth juror, and that he second guessed the jury.”
And he added: “We expect that is simply completely inconsistent with the jury’s verdict.
“The jury’s verdict was resoundingly clear. There was no intercourse trafficking, there was no racketeering, all the pieces was consensual, all the pieces was grownup, which is why he was convicted solely of the prostitution offense.”
Marc had beforehand praised the choose’s conduct following the conclusion of his well-known consumer’s trial.
He instructed Selection on the time: “I believe Choose Subramanian is a very reasonable choose, and he labored remarkably onerous to present us as truthful a trial as attainable.
“This trial wasn’t good, as a result of none is. However the choose did an impressive job in being considerate, being cautious, giving plenty of time to the events. I can’t say sufficient good issues about our choose. He’s a terrific particular person. And whereas no trial is ideal, identical to no lawyer is ideal, I believed this one was fairly shut.”
The defence group had sought a 14-month jail sentence whereas prosecutors needed him to be jailed for 11 years.
Handing down the sentence, the choose instructed the disgraced rapper that it will likely be “onerous time in jail” away from his household however that he’ll nonetheless “have a life afterwards”.
Diddy has additionally been fined $500,000 and the choose paid tribute to the star’s former associate Cassie Ventura and “the opposite courageous survivors who got here ahead”.
The choose additionally instructed the rapper that there’s “mild on the finish of the tunnel” for each him and his household, regardless that he acknowledged that the Cannot No one Maintain Me Down hitmaker was in a “darkish place” for the time being.
Diddy had described his behaviour as “disgusting, shameful and sick” as he addressed the court docket earlier than being handed his jail sentence.
He stated: “I used to be sick, sick from the medicine. I used to be uncontrolled, I wanted assist and I did not get the assistance and I can not make no excuse as a result of my mom taught me.”
Turning to his mom Janice within the gallery, Diddy stated: “I failed you as a son, and I’m sorry.”
