Overview
- An 84-page brief asks the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to free Combs now, reverse his Mann Act convictions, or remand for a new sentence.
- Defense lawyers argue the 50-month term was imposed by relying on allegations of coercion and conspiracy that jurors rejected.
- Combs is incarcerated at FCI Fort Dix serving a 50-month sentence and the Bureau of Prisons lists his projected release as May 25, 2028.
- At sentencing, Judge Arun Subramanian cited testimony from Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and a witness known as “Jane,” along with video evidence, in describing Combs as abusive.
- The appeal is on an expedited schedule with the government’s brief due Feb. 20 and Combs’s reply due March 13, as his attorneys note similar Mann Act cases typically draw terms under 15 months.