Sean “Diddy” Combs can’t stop, won’t stop trying to get out of federal prison.
The music mogul’s legal team submitted a new filing on Friday, March 13, calling for his release because they said his sentence on two prostitution-related counts was too harsh.
In legal documents obtained by TMZ, the attorneys described the mogul’s 50-month sentence as a “perversion of justice,” and accused Judge Arun Subramanian of unfairly piling on time at sentencing after Combs was acquitted of the most serious charges.
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Ironically, Combs told the judge he was doing an “excellent job” at the end of the trial, as previously reported.
In the new filing, the rapper and producer’s lawyers urged an appeals court to order their client’s “immediate release and grant a judgment of acquittal or at least vacate and remand for resentencing.”
Combs, 56, is currently scheduled to be released from Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix in New Jersey on April 25, 2028, according to the Bureau of Prisons website.
Back in July 2025, the Bad Boy Records founder was found not guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking, but guilty on two lesser charges of transportation to engage in prostitution.
The judge sentenced him to 50 months, a $500,000 fine, and five years of supervised release.
In an appeal filed in December 2025, Combs’ attorneys argued, “Defendants typically get sentenced to less than 15 months for these offenses.” Instead, they said “Combs got a sentence more than three times as long, despite the acquittals.”
The legal team accused the judge of acting as a “13th juror.”
Per federal sentencing guidelines, the judge could have given Combs up to ten years for each of the two Mann Act violations.
The mogul was granted a speedy appeal last year. Oral arguments are scheduled to begin on April 9, according to Complex. Each side will reportedly have 10 minutes to argue their case before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
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