Sean 'Diddy' Combs moves to dismiss federal charge, arguing statute맥스카지노s 'racist origins'
Attorneys for Sean 맥스카지노Diddy맥스카지노 Combs are moving to dismiss one of the charges the embattled music mogul is facing, arguing that the currently incarcerated Combs has been subject to a racist prosecution 맥스카지노 which prosecutors have previously strongly denied.
맥스카지노This case is unprecedented in many ways, but perhaps most notably, and most disturbingly, no White person has ever been the target of a remotely similar prosecution,맥스카지노 Combs맥스카지노 defense argued in a new motion, filed Tuesday evening.
맥스카지노Mr. Combs has been singled out because he is a powerful Black man, and he is being prosecuted for conduct that regularly goes unpunished,맥스카지노 the filing continued.
Combs맥스카지노 attorneys are asking the court to drop Count Three in the superseding indictment against Combs 맥스카지노 transportation to engage in prostitution 맥스카지노 arguing that there has 맥스카지노never been a similar맥스카지노 prosecution under The Mann Act.
The Mann Act, which was previously called the White-Slave Traffic Act, was passed in 1910 to prohibit the transportation of women for prostitution and human trafficking.
CNN has reached out to prosecutors at the Southern District of New York for comment.
Attorneys for Combs have previously accused the government of racism, which prosecutors strongly denied. One of Combs맥스카지노 lawyers, Marc Agnifilo, told TMZ in an interview last year that the case was a 맥스카지노takedown of a successful Black man.맥스카지노
Prosecutors took issue with Agnifilo맥스카지노s statements to TMZ, raising concerns in court.
맥스카지노He baselessly accused the government of engaging in a racist prosecution,맥스카지노 one of the prosecutors told the judge at an October hearing, adding that the accusations posed a 맥스카지노serious risk맥스카지노 for a fair trial.
Combs맥스카지노 attorneys argued that the statute has only been used to prosecute people of color, writing, 맥스카지노What was racist in its inception has often been racist in its operation.맥스카지노
The charge of transporting escorts across state lines for purposes of prostitution is based on a law, his defense said, which has 맥스카지노a long and troubling history as a statute with racist origins, used to target Black men and supposedly protect White women from them.맥스카지노
Combs is facing three federal charges, also including racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and is currently being held at a federal detention center in New York City.
Attorneys for Combs did not provide any additional comment to CNN on Tuesday evening, in regards to their latest filing.