Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers have filed a motion to dismiss charges against him, citing claims of “racist” laws which they say are unfairly used to target black men.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution. He is currently being held in a federal jail in New York City awaiting trial in the spring and, if convicted on all counts, is facing a maximum of 15 years in prison.
Diddy’s defense attorneys are now saying the government is guilty of racist actions because “no white person has ever been the target of a remotely similar prosecution,” per ABC News. They state that enforcement of The Mann Act of 1910 has historically been used to “target black men.”
The legal team says the statute has a “long and troubling history” with “racist origins,” plus was “used to…
