Sean 'Diddy' Combs is shown here on the red carpet in 2018. He will appear in court today to try to get his conviction on transportation for prostitution charges overturned. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Sean "Diddy" Combs will appear in a New York federal court Thursday to try to get his conviction overturned.
Combs was convicted of transportation for the purposes of prostitution on July 2. He was found not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering. He has been in a Brooklyn jail for more than a year.
Defense attorneys are expected to ask Judge Arun Subramanian to overturn the conviction because Combs' intent was voyeurism, not prostitution for profit. They also say the male escorts traveled voluntarily to the "freak offs" that Combs conducted.
"To our knowledge, Mr. Combs is the only person ever convicted of violating the statute for conduct anything like this," said his defense attorneys in a written filing. "The proof at trial showed that he typically hired the services of male escorts or dancers advertised openly through lawful businesses, that the men were paid for their time, and that they enjoyed the activities and had friendships with Ms. [Cassie] Ventura and Jane [a pseudonym] and were not merely traveling to have sex for money."
