Overview
- Defense filed a motion on Oct. 29 proposing briefs be completed by March and oral argument held in April.
- The filing says federal prosecutors agreed to the accelerated timetable, but the appeals court has not ruled on the request.
- Combs plans to challenge the application of the Mann Act, arguing prosecutors misused the statute in securing the two convictions.
- He is serving a 50-month sentence at MDC Brooklyn with a Bureau of Prisons projected release date of May 8, 2028, and has roughly 14 months credited.
- A July jury verdict found him guilty on two Mann Act counts and not guilty on racketeering and sex-trafficking charges; he was sentenced in early October and fined $500,000.