Overview
- Combs filed a two-page notice of appeal in the Southern District of New York on Oct. 20, formally challenging both the convictions and the sentence.
- The filing names Alexandra A. E. Shapiro as appellate counsel, with initial briefing expected in roughly four to six weeks.
- A jury on July 2 returned a split verdict, acquitting him of racketeering and sex trafficking and convicting him on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
- Judge Arun Subramanian on Oct. 3 imposed a 50-month prison term and a $500,000 fine after stating he could consider evidence tied to acquitted conduct at sentencing.
- Combs remains detained at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center pending Bureau of Prisons designation, and his lawyers asked the court to recommend FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey.