{"id":2211218,"date":"2025-12-24T18:24:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T18:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2211218"},"modified":"2025-12-24T18:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T18:24:18","slug":"sean-diddy-combs-demands-release-from-prison-in-new-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sean-diddy-combs-demands-release-from-prison-in-new-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs demands release from prison in new appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs is trying to get out of prison before the new year.<\/p>\n<p>The disgraced rapper filed a new appeal on Tuesday, demanding his conviction be overturned and that he be released from prison, according to docs obtained by Page Six.<\/p>\n<p>In the appeal, Combs, 56, accuses Judge Arun Subramanian of acting like a \u201cthirteenth juror\u201d in the Revolt co-founder\u2019s infamous sex trafficking trial.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs filed a new appeal on Tuesday, demanding his conviction be overturned and that he be released from prison. <span class=\"credit\">CBS NEWS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In the appeal, Combs, 56, accuses Judge Arun Subramanian of acting like a \u201cthirteenth juror\u201d in the Revolt co-founder\u2019s infamous sex trafficking trial. <span class=\"credit\">Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Combs\u2019 attorneys claim in the docs that the judge\u2019s \u201cdraconian\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/03\/celebrity-news\/sean-diddy-combs-sentenced-after-federal-prostitution-trial\/\">50-month sentence<\/a> was based on the racketeering and sex trafficking charges Combs was acquitted of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe judge defied the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/02\/celebrity-news\/sean-diddy-combs-verdict-reached-rapper-found-guilty-on-prostitution-charges-acquitted-for-sex-trafficking\/\">jury\u2019s verdict<\/a> and found Combs \u2018coerced,\u2019 \u2018exploited,\u2019 and \u2018forced\u2019 his girlfriends to have sex and led a criminal conspiracy,\u201d the filing reads. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese judicial findings trumped the verdict and led to the highest sentence ever imposed for any remotely similar defendant \u2014 even though most others, unlike Combs, ran prostitution businesses that exploited poor or undocumented women or minors.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Combs\u2019 attorneys claim in the docs that the judge\u2019s \u201cdraconian\u201d 50-month sentence was based on the racketeering and sex trafficking charges Combs was acquitted of. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cThe judge defied the jury\u2019s verdict and found Combs \u2018coerced,\u2019 \u2018exploited,\u2019 and \u2018forced\u2019 his girlfriends to have sex and led a criminal conspiracy,\u201d the filing reads.  <span class=\"credit\">Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cAct Bad\u201d rapper\u2019s legal team says they believe the bulk of the government\u2019s evidence from the trial \u201cwould have been irrelevant and inadmissible\u201d if Combs was only charged with the<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/02\/celebrity-news\/diddy-verdict-what-to-know-about-his-possible-sentence-for-prostitution-conviction-mann-act-violation\/\"> two Mann Act counts he was convicted of.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet the district court \u2014 determined to punish Combs for the acquitted counts \u2014 considered all that evidence anyway. It did not even follow its own proposed test,\u201d the docs read.<\/p>\n<p>Combs\u2019 attorneys ask for the court to issue an \u201cimmediate release and either grant a judgment of acquittal or vacate and remand for resentencing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Page Six has reached out to the United States District Court Southern District of New York for comment on behalf of Judge Subramanian, but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Combs\u2019 attorneys ask for the court to issue an \u201cimmediate release and either grant a judgment of acquittal or vacate and remand for resentencing.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In July, Combs was\u00a0found not guilty\u00a0on two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and on racketeering conspiracy. However, he was\u00a0convicted on two counts of transportation for prostitution. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>He is set to be\u00a0released from prison\u00a0in June 2028. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In July, Combs was\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/02\/celebrity-news\/sean-diddy-combs-verdict-reached-rapper-found-guilty-on-prostitution-charges-acquitted-for-sex-trafficking\/\">found not guilty<\/a>\u00a0on two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and on racketeering conspiracy. However, he was\u00a0convicted on two counts of transportation for prostitution.<\/p>\n<p>Three months later, the \u201cI\u2019ll Be Missing You\u201d emcee was sentenced to 50 months behind bars and was transferred from the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/09\/18\/celebrity-news\/inside-sean-diddy-combs-brooklyn-jail-that-once-held-r-kelly\/\">Metropolitan Detention Center<\/a>\u00a0in Brooklyn, NY, to FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Combs is set to be\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/12\/celebrity-news\/sean-diddy-combs-prison-release-date-pushed-back-after-rapper-allegedly-violates-multiple-rules\/\">released from prison<\/a>\u00a0in June 2028.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs is trying to get out of prison before the new year. The disgraced rapper filed a new appeal on Tuesday, demanding his conviction be overturned and that he be released from prison, according to docs obtained by Page Six. In the appeal, Combs, 56, accuses Judge Arun Subramanian of acting like a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2211219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[427105,351942,24003,427106,21800,22149,378336,29023,40031,345773,315501,306767],"class_list":["post-2211218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-appeals","tag-celebrity-crimes","tag-celebrity-news","tag-judges","tag-music","tag-musicians","tag-prostitution","tag-rappers","tag-sean-diddy-combs","tag-sentencing","tag-sex-trafficking","tag-trials"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sean-Diddy-Combs-demands-release-from-prison-in-new-appeal.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2211218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2211220,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211218\/revisions\/2211220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2211219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2211218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2211218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2211218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}