American rapper, record producer, and record executive Sean Diddy Combs and his lawyers have returned to New York federal court to ask a judge to vacate his prostitution convictions or grant a new trial.
Judge Arun Subramanian adjourned the hearing and did not immediately rule on the defense’s request.
The American music producer, who was accused of running a sprawling sex trafficking operation, has been jailed since his arrest last September.
He was convicted in July on two counts of prostitution.
Combs’ lawyers argue his convictions were a misuse of the Mann Act, a federal law that was passed to combat human trafficking and sexual exploitation of women.
Combs is due to be sentenced on third October.
However, his legal team has proposed that he receive no more than a fourteen-month sentence.
