Overview
- The appeal asserts the punishment is disproportionate, noting similar federal cases typically draw sentences under 15 months.
- The defense says the judge substituted his own findings on coercion, exploitation, and conspiracy that the jury did not adopt.
- Combs was convicted on two counts for transporting people for prostitution and acquitted of sex trafficking and extortion conspiracy.
- Subramanian imposed a $500,000 fine with the 50-month term, which was below prosecutors’ request of roughly 11 years.
- Combs is serving his sentence at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey, with a projected May 2028 release if the conviction and sentence stand, and his lawyers revived a previously rejected First Amendment claim.