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Sean “Diddy” Combs will appeal his federal conviction and four-year prison sentence, his attorneys told The Post.
The disgraced hip-hop mogul, 55, was sentenced Friday to four years and two months in prison and fined $500,000 after being convicted of transporting people across state lines for sex.
He was acquitted of the most serious charges — sex trafficking and racketeering — that could have kept him locked up for life.
Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo said the team plans to file the notice of appeal “in the coming days,” calling both the trial and sentence flawed.
“Both the guidelines calculation and the sentence took account of conduct for which Mr. Combs was acquitted by a jury,” Agnifilo told The Post. “We contend this amounts to legal error.”
Combs has already spent about a year behind bars since his 2024 arrest, meaning he could walk free in roughly three. There’s no parole in the federal system.
The conviction followed a sensational Manhattan trial that exposed years of alleged abuse, manipulation and violence. Jurors heard graphic testimony from multiple women who said Combs forced them into degrading “freak-off” sex sessions fuelled by drugs and alcohol.
Diddy’s defence attorneys argued that prosecutors misused the century-old Mann Act, which makes it a federal crime to transport someone across state lines for prostitution or other illegal sexual activity, and criminalized what they described as “consensual conduct.”
Combs has been held at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Centre since last year, but it’s not yet clear where he’ll serve the rest of his sentence. A transfer to a low-security prison near his Miami mansion remains possible.
Even behind bars, the allegations against Diddy kept coming.
On Friday, a fresh lawsuit filed in Los Angeles added to the growing list.
A man identified only as John Doe alleged he was drugged at a 2014 after-party hosted in California by Combs and later tested positive for HIV. Combs was not accused of assaulting the anonymous man. Combs’ legal team called the allegations “facially ridiculous” in a statement to TMZ and said they remain confident “the truth will prevail.”
And last week, celebrity stylist Deonte Nash, who testified at Combs’ criminal trial, filed his own suit in Los Angeles. Nash accused Combs of a decade of sexual, physical and psychological abuse while he worked for him — allegations Combs’ lawyer Erica Wolff dismissed to NBC News as “another opportunist looking to profit off his proximity to a celebrity.”
Those new filings join an already staggering legal docket.
Court records show the Bad Boy Records founder still faces nearly 70 active civil suits across the country, with claims ranging from sexual assault and battery to harassment and emotional abuse. The flood began in 2023 when R&B singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura sued Combs for rape and abuse, alleging he beat her and forced her into years of violent sexual encounters.
The case was settled within 24 hours for $20 million, a move that several attorneys said emboldened other accusers to come forward.
Dozens soon followed, including former assistants, producers and industry insiders who say Combs used his power to intimidate and exploit those around him.
A few cases have been dismissed outright — including one filed by a woman who withdrew her claims earlier this year — but much of the litigation is expected to continue for years, even as Combs remains incarcerated.
The mounting lawsuits could cost Combs millions in legal fees on top of the $15 million experts estimate he’s already spent on his federal defence – Yahoo.
