Overview
- The defense filed a two-page notice of appeal in federal court in New York on Monday.
- Lawyer Alexandra AE Shapiro is leading the appellate team and plans to submit the full brief to the Second Circuit in four to six weeks.
- Combs was convicted on two prostitution-related counts and acquitted of more serious allegations including sex trafficking and extortion.
- He received a 50-month prison term on October 3, which his attorneys argue is roughly four times what they sought.
- Combs remains at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn pending Bureau of Prisons designation, with time already served credited toward his sentence.