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NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors are urging a federal judge to quickly reject Sean “Diddy” Combs ’ request that he throw out a jury verdict or order a new trial after a jury convicted the music ...
Sean Combs doesn't deserve a new trial because “there was more than a sufficient basis” to support his conviction on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, federal prosecutors argued ...
Federal prosecutors are calling BS on Diddy's attempt to throw out his conviction on Mann Act charges in his criminal case.
Sean "Diddy" Combs wants the court to toss two prostitution-related convictions, but the prosecution on Aug. 21 urged the ...
Federal prosecutors pushed back hard against Diddy's acquittal request, calling the evidence against the rapper "overwhelming." ...
In a filing made public on Wednesday night, federal prosecutors said that Sean “Diddy” Combs had no legal grounds to request an acquittal from the court. The music mogul was convicted ...
The Mann Act, enacted in 1910 and originally known as the “White-Slave Traffic Act,” criminalizes transporting individuals across state lines for prostitution.
Why is it called the Mann Act? In 1910, Congress passed the bill, which was named after Republican U.S. Rep. James Robert Mann of Illinois.
The Mann Act, enacted in 1910 and originally known as the “White-Slave Traffic Act,” criminalizes transporting individuals across state lines for prostitution.
Prosecutors say there are no legal grounds to grant Combs' request to quash his convictions and that he should be sentenced as planned on Oct. 3.
Sean 'Didddy' Combs' request to throw out a jury verdict or order a new trial should be rejected, and he should be sentenced, federal prosecutors said.
JONATHAN MATTISE, Associated Press Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted Wednesday of prostitution-related offenses under the federal Mann Act, an anti-sex trafficking law with a century-old history.