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New York Post
31-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Sean ‘Diddy' Combs had First Amendment right to film twisted ‘freak-offs,' lawyers say
Sean 'Diddy' Combs is an amateur porn director with a First Amendment right to film his lovers in degrading sex sessions with male escorts, his lawyers say. The jailed rap tycoon made the head-scratching claim as part of his bid to toss his July prostitution conviction for setting up baby-oil-fueled 'freak-offs' with gigalos who traveled across state lines. 'Mr. Combs's amateur porn, like many other adult films, was creative, intricate, and highly choreographed,' Combs' lawyer, Alexandra Shapiro, wrote in a court filing late Wednesday night. 3 Sean Combs says he has a First Amendment right to film his 'freak-off' sessions with male escorts. / MEGA Upholding Combs' conviction would thus breach his freedom of speech rights because the sex tapes have 'expressive content and are protected by the First Amendment,' the attorney added. Jurors at Combs' salacious two-month-long trial heard evidence that the admitted woman beater used the threat of releasing ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura's sex tapes to keep Ventura under his thumb. 'I feared for my career. I feared for my family. It's just embarrassing. It's horrible and disgusting. No one should do that to anyone,' Ventura testified. The court also heard accounts of Combs repeatedly beating Ventura, and forcing another lover, 'Jane,' to have sex with an escort hours after kicking, choking and punching her in a brutal assault. 3 Combs faces up to 10 years in prison on two prostitution counts at his October sentencing. Marlon Reid / MEGA 'Is this coercion?' Combs chillingly asked 'Jane' — who testified using an alias — before ordering her to perform oral sex on the male sex worker, the woman told jurors. But the jury nonetheless acquitted Combs of charges of coercing Ventura and 'Jane' into the sex acts after his lawyers cited explicit texts the women sent him before and after the sexual encounters. Combs, 55, now faces up to 10 years in prison on two counts of breaking the Mann Act, a federal law making it a crime to transport someone across state lines for prostitution. Judge Arun Subramanian has cited the 'I'll Be Missing U' rapper's admitted violence toward his exes in ordering Combs to stay at a hellish Brooklyn lockup until his Oct. 3 sentencing date. 3 Combs' lawyers claimed at his Manhattan trial that he was guilty of domestic violence, but not sex trafficking. REUTERS Combs' lawyers successfully claimed at trial that he was guilty of domestic violence, but not the sex trafficking and racketeering raps that the feds had charged him with. 'Domestic violence is the issue. 'We own it,' defense attorney Marc Agnifilo told jurors. Wednesday's filing is Combs' lawyers' bid to get Subramanian to toss the jury verdict himself. Trial judges rarely take such a drastic step. But the rapper will likely revisit the argument after his sentencing, when he's set to lobby the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn his conviction.
New York Post
29-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Sean ‘Diddy' Combs wants to live in his Miami mansion as disgraced rap mogul makes longshot bid to be sprung ahead of sentencing: docs
Sean 'Diddy' Combs made a longshot bid Tuesday to be sprung from jail ahead of his October sentencing – after a New York jury acquitted him of the most serious sex crimes charges he faced. Attorneys for the disgraced rap mogul urged a federal judge to approve a $50 million bond package and let him live under house arrest in his Miami mansion while he waits to hear his fate on two prostitution convictions. 'Sean Combs should not be in jail for this conduct,' the 55-year-old hip-hop entrepreneur's lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, wrote to the court in a Tuesday letter to the court. 'In fact, he may be the only person currently in a United States jail for being any sort of john.' 4 Sean 'Diddy' Combs' attorneys have asked a federal judge to approve a $50 billion bond package that would allow him to live under house arrest at his Miami mansion while he waits to be sentenced for two prostitution convictions. Getty Images for BET 4 Combs was acquitted of the most serious charges at his federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial earlier this month. REUTERS Combs' attorneys face an uphill battle to convince Judge Arun Subramanian to free him before his sentencing given that Tuesday's filing rehashes previous arguments that the court has rebuffed. Subramanian has ordered Combs to remain at Brooklyn's hellish Metropolitan Detention Center until the Oct. 3 sentencing, citing the 'I'll Be Missing U' rapper's admitted violence toward his former lovers, including the R&B singer Cassie Ventura. 'It's impossible for the defendant to show he poses no danger to any person,' Subramanian said from the bench after the July 2 verdict. 4 A courtroom sketch of Combs reacting after the verdict was read on July 2, 2025. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg 4 The Post's front cover from July 3, 2025 on Combs' acquittal. Combs had faced a possible life sentence if convicted on the top charges at a two-month trial in Manhattan federal court that revealed his twisted preference for 'freak-offs' — grueling, drug-fueled romps in which he watched his girlfriend have sex with male escorts. The jury did find Combs guilty of two counts of breaking the Mann Act, a federal law making it a crime to transport someone across state lines for prostitution. Prosecutors said they'll likely push for a prison term between 51 and 63 months, while Combs' camp will be asking the judge to release him on time served. Subramanian has given the feds until Thursday to respond to Combs' motion.
