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Sean 'Diddy' Combs files to appeal against his conviction and sentence
Sean 'Diddy' Combs is appealing against the conviction handed down to him earlier this year over prostitution charges relating to his former girlfriends and male sex workers.
The music mogul was given a 50-month sentence and a $500,000 fine for flying people around the US and abroad for sexual encounters, including his then-girlfriend and male sex workers, in violation of prostitution laws. He was cleared of more serious charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex-trafficking that could have put him in jail for life.
The two-page formal notice of appeal, seen by Sky News, was filed in Manhattan federal court on Monday, confirming he will be challenging both his conviction and his sentence. It lists Combs's defence council as Alexandra A E Shapiro, and shows a $605 (£450) docketing fee was paid to lodge the formal notice.
More detailed filings are expected to follow. On the day of sentencing in early October the rapper's lawyers had signalled they intended to appeal.
Combs, 55, has been in custody since his arrest last year. His seven-week trial earlier this year included four days of testimony from Cassie, now Cassie Ventura Fine, who told the court she was coerced and sometimes blackmailed into sexual encounters with male sex workers, referred to as "freak offs".
Jurors were also shown video clips of Combs dragging and beating her in a Los Angeles hotel hallway after one of those sessions in 2016. Ahead of the sentencing, Cassie also submitted a letter to the judge, calling Combs a "manipulator" and saying she would fear for her safety should he be immediately released.
Ahead of his sentencing, Combs told the court he admitted his past behaviour was "disgusting, shameful and sick.
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