Diddy files new appeal, asks again to be released from prison Taijuan Moorman, KiMi Robinson and Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY December 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM 0 Sean "Diddy" Combs attends the 2022 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sean "Diddy" Combs is not giving up on his fight for freedom. Lawyers for the convicted hip hop mogul asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday for his immediate release. They also asked the court to appeal his conviction on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
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Taijuan Moorman, KiMi Robinson and Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY December 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Sean "Diddy" Combs attends the 2022 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sean "Diddy" Combs is not giving up on his fight for freedom. Lawyers for the convicted hip hop mogul asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday for his immediate release. They also asked the court to appeal his conviction on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
If granted, it would mark the end of his 50-month prison sentence.
His conviction centers on the transportation of two former girlfriends – Casandra "Cassie" Ventura Fine and the anonymous "Jane" – as well as sex workers for the intent of prostitution. It was the result of a shocking split verdict in the case on July 2, when jurors acquitted Combs, 56, on the most serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking. The prostitution charges could have carried a sentence of 10 years each, but Judge Arun Subramanian sentenced him to a little more than four years.
Nevertheless, Combs' lawyers argued in a filing to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan that the judge had erred in his sentencing by letting evidence from the acquitted charges influence his decision. "The judge defied the jury's verdict and found Combs 'coerced,' 'exploited,' and 'forced' his girlfriends to have sex and led a criminal conspiracy. These judicial findings trumped the verdict and led to the highest sentence ever imposed for any remotely similar defendant," the lawyers wrote, per reporting by the ..
They also pointed out that "defendants typically get sentenced to less than 15 months for these offenses - even when coercion, which the jury didn't find here, is involved."
Sean "Diddy" Combs sits beside Brian Steel as he listens as lawyer Alexandra Shapiro (not seen) argues during a hearing over his bid to overturn his conviction on charges of transportation to engage in prostitution, in a New York courtroom sketch Sept. 25, 2025.
This is the latest appeal on behalf of the music mogul. Combs' legal team filed an appeal to overturn his conviction on Oct. 20 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Oct. 20, according to a document obtained by USA TODAY.
Cassie Ventura attends the MobLand Premiere after party at The Twenty-Two on March 31, 2025 in New York City.
Following the verdict, Judge Subramanian denied bail for Combs, saying, "It is impossible for the defendant to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that he poses no danger." Prosecutor Maurene Comey also opposed the defense's request for Combs to be released immediately, even though the defense proposed travel restrictions, regular drug testing and a $1 million bond co-signed by himself, his mother, his sister and the mother of his oldest daughter. "There is serious, serious conduct here that will mandate a lengthy period of incarceration," Comey said.
The appeals court has yet to hear hear oral arguments in the case yet. If the conviction and sentence stands, Combs would be eligible for release in May 2028. To date, more than 70 lawsuits have been filed against Combs.
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