Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team is going on the offensive with a new motion that seeks to dismiss one of the three federal charges against him, claiming that the charges are racially motivated and that “no white person has ever been the target of a remotely similar prosecution” under the Mann Act.
In the memorandum filed on Tuesday, counsel for Combs stated that there has “never been a similar RICO prosecution” and that he has been “singled out because he is a powerful black man, and he is being prosecuted for conduct that regularly goes unpunished.”
The memorandum specifically addresses Count Three of his S1 Indictment, alleging that from 2009 to 2024, he engaged in transportation to engage in prostitution.
The conduct at issue concerns the sexual activity between his girlfriends and alleged male escorts that were hired through a legal escort service, which they claim was consensual.
His team says this prosecution is yet another instance where [the Mann Act] has been invidiously deployed against a prominent black man.”
Combs is currently incarcerated in Brooklyn ahead of his May trial.
In Sept. 2024, he was charged with racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution.
[Source: Variety.com]
