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A judge overseeing the criminal case against Sean “Diddy” Combs denied his request to toss his conviction on prostitution-related charges or allow for a new trial after the parties had a hearing on the topic last Thursday.
Judge Arun Subramanian said in his decision filed Tuesday he disagreed with Combs’ legal team’s two main arguments — that the definition of prostitution should be interpreted narrowly in relation to charges under the Mann Act, which criminalizes transporting someone across state lines for prostitution, and that Combs was protected by the First Amendment as a producer and consumer of amateur pornography.
The decision comes af
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