The continued federal case surrounding Sean “Diddy” Combs has reached a essential level, and prosecutors are making it clear they need his latest convictions to face.

With the trial now shifting into the sentencing part, the federal government filed a movement urging the courtroom to reject Diddy’s request for acquittal or a brand new trial, underscoring the burden of the proof offered.

Diddy’s protection crew argued that his Mann Act conviction was each uncommon and unwarranted. Prosecutors disagreed, pointing to testimony that detailed so-called “freak-offs” and “resort nights,” alleging Diddy used recorded encounters to keep up management over his companions. “Proof through the trial firmly supported the jury’s convictions,” prosecutors acknowledged, as they outlined how Diddy allegedly influenced a number of points of non-public {and professional} life for these round him. They claimed he managed particulars of Ventura’s profession, her picture, and her life-style, together with protecting her bills. At one level, prosecutors alleged he withheld belongings to implement compliance and even threatened to chop off a $10,000 hire cost if Jane didn’t comply with his directions.

Diddy’s attorneys pushed again, insisting all the relationships concerned consenting adults who made their very own decisions and that no industrial motive was current. They argued, “Mr. Combs, at most, engaged in voyeurism as a part of a consensual ‘swingers’ life-style, which shouldn’t be categorized as ‘prostitution’ underneath a narrowly outlined interpretation of the statute.”

Though Diddy was cleared of the intercourse trafficking and racketeering counts, he was convicted on two prices of transportation for the aim of prostitution. The ultimate sentence will decide the implications of these convictions, closing in on one of the intently watched leisure trials in latest reminiscence.