| Sean
Combs Moves for
Acquittal or a New
Trial As a John Not
a Pimp Attacking
Mann Act
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
July 30 – At 4:30 pm on
September 16 Inner City Press
was told by its SDNY source to
expect "the big one" - Sean
Combs - the next day in an
SDNY courtroom.
[Inner City Press
published book / audio book
Diddy Do It? on Sept 20 on
Amazon here.
Week 8 book here
On July 2 the
jury came back with not guilty
on RICO and sex trafficking,
guilty on counts 3 and 5,
transportation for
prostitution. Combs' lawyer
Agnifilo argued for
release on bail but was
denied, with a hearing on
expedited sentencing on July
8.
But on July 8
Agnifilo's second letter
reaffirmed October 3 for
sentencing - with US summary
of offense conduct due
on July 11 - but not docketed
as of July 29.
On July 29 Sean
Combs through counsel
requested release on $50
million bond, 12 page memo on
Patreon here
On July 30 Combs'
lawyer Shapiro filed a 60 page
motion for acquittal or a new
trial, arguing among other
things, "distinction between
participatory sex and
voyeurism is typically
irrelevant in Mann Act cases.
As explained, the statute’s
drafters targeted pimps and
traffickers who prostitute
vulnerable women by offering
them up to other customers,
and DOJ policy since the
mid-20th century has been
focused on such cases (along
with situations irrelevant
here involving coercion or
minors). But this is one of
the extremely rare cases in
which the statute is being
applied against a paying
customer—a john—rather than a
pimp" - 60 page on Patreon here.
more on
X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here
The case is USA
v. Combs, 1:24-cr-542
(Subramanian)
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