Arguments have finally come to a close in Diddy’s appeal for his federal conviction. During the hearing, the disgraced mogul’s legal team urged the appeals court to overturn his 50-month sentence, arguing that his drug-fueled sex parties—also known as “freak-offs”—are actually protected under the First Amendment. According to Diddy’s lawyers, the Mann Act—which is a federal law prohibiting the transportation across state lines for prostitution— doesn’t apply to his case.
His attorneys claim that “freak-offs” and “hotel nights” were actually just “highly choreographed sexual performances” similar to that of amateur porn, which is protected under the Constitution. “Freak-offs and hotel nights were highly choreographed sexual performances involving the use of costumes, role play, and staged lighting, which were filmed so Combs and his girlfriends could watch this amateur pornography later,” the lawyers argued. “Pornography production and viewing of this sort is protected by the First Amendment and thus cannot constitutionally be prosecuted.”