Overview

• After a July split verdict, the jury cleared Sean Combs of racketeering and sex trafficking but convicted him on two transportation-for-prostitution counts.
• The defense argues prosecutors used the wrong meaning of “prostitution” under the 1910 Mann Act and failed to prove intent to pay escorts tied to interstate travel.
• The new filings depict the “freak-off” videos as consensual, privately viewed amateur pornography and note instances where recording ceased upon objection, citing First Amendment protections.
• Prosecutors oppose overturning the convictions and have characterized the trial evidence as overwhelming, while Combs remains detained following repeated bail denials.
• Sentencing is scheduled for October 3, and a defense attorney says the team has reached out about a possible presidential pardon.