A protection legal professional for Sean “Diddy” Combs slammed the decide’s sentence of his shopper of fifty months in jail as “un-American” in feedback after the listening to immediately.
Brian Steel instructed NCS he thinks the sentence “sends the wrong message” and argued Combs was sentenced for conduct the jury didn’t discover him responsible of.
Steel instructed NCS’s Kara Scannell that since Combs was not convicted on intercourse trafficking and racketeering expenses, the decide shouldn’t have thought of these parts in his sentence.
“There is no such corresponding element in the Mann Act,” he mentioned. “This was a very hard sentence.”
Asked if he thought the decide was improper, Steel mentioned, “We’ll find out on appeal.”
The protection legal professional mentioned he talked to Combs after the sentencing however declined to offer extra particulars about their dialog or how his shopper was feeling. “Two years is an eternity in custody,” Steel mentioned.
Marc Agnifilo, one other one in all Comb’s protection attorneys, mentioned exterior the courthouse that the authorized crew feels they’ve “strong basis to appeal.”