"Sean "Diddy" Combs is hoping for sentencing help from an unlikely source: some of the dozens of escorts he hired for "freak offs," men the prosecutors are counting as victims. As early as Friday, Combs' legal team intends to submit a sentencing brief to the judge, arguing that some of these "entertainers" gave prosecutors never-revealed interviews that actually help the defense."
""We plan to summarize these individuals' accounts to the government for the court," the defense told US District Judge Arun Subramanian in a filing last week. Federal prosecutors want any pre-sentencing arguments relating to these pretrial interviews to be sealed from the public. "Statements of non-testifying witnesses are traditionally considered nonpublic," prosecutors argued in a recent court filing. They have asked the judge to count these escorts as victims at a sentencing scheduled for October 3."
"Combs' six-week trial ended July 2. The millionaire rap entrepreneur was found not guilty of sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges and convicted of two lesser counts of transporting people across state lines for purposes of prostitution. Prosecutors say Combs caused multiple people to cross state lines for the dayslong sex performances he called freak offs - not just longtime girlfriends Cassie Ventura and a second ex who testified pseudonymously as "Jane," but male"
Sean "Diddy" Combs faces sentencing on October 3 for two counts related to transporting people across state lines for prostitution. A six-week trial ended July 2 with acquittals on sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges and convictions on two lesser counts. Combs' defense plans to submit a sentencing brief summarizing pretrial interviews of dozens of escorts who performed at "freak offs," asserting some interviews favor the defense. Federal prosecutors have asked that pre-sentencing materials about those interviews be sealed and have sought victim designations for several escorts. The defense argues the escorts are not victims and opposes sealing or redacting the interviews.
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