Diddy Case: Feds Say Freak-Offs Weren’t Just Adult Films, Prostitution Verdict Must Stand

Prosecutors fired back at claims that Diddy was merely “producing amateur pornography,” calling him a “voracious consumer of commercial sex.” Sean “Diddy” Combs attends the Pre-GRAMMY Gala and GRAMMY Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Sean “Diddy” Combs on January 25, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to reject Sean “Diddy” Combs’ bid to overturn his prostitution convictions – including his “meritless” claims that “freak-offs” were just porn movies protected by the First Amendment. In a filing Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors say Diddy’s recent motion asking the judge to acquit him or order a new trial must be denied, arguing there was clearly enough evidence to support a jury’s guilty verdict on two counts of interstate prostitution. Related The feds are also unimpressed with Diddy’s creative alternative argument: that he was merely exercising his constitutional right to free speech by “producing amateur pornography.” They say that argument is baseless and an after-the-fact effort to avoid justice. Trending on Billboard “The defendant twists the record beyond recognition in order to claim that his [prostitution] convictions run afoul of the First Amendment,” the feds write. “The defendant was anything but a producer of
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