Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” 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 — which prosecutors have previously strongly denied.

Sean Combs is attempting to have one of the criminal counts he is facing tossed, citing statute's controversial history

Sean Combs' legal team filed a motion casting the prosecution under the Mann Act as racist — something prosecutors have denied in previous hearings.

Lawyers for Sean "Diddy Combs" claim one of the federal charges against him relies on a "racist" law historically "used to target Black men."

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team is going on the offensive with a new motion that seeks to dismiss one of the three federal charges against him, claiming that the charges are racially motivated and that “no white person has ever been the target of a remotely similar prosecution” under the Mann Act.

Combs' defense attorneys claimed prosecutors "singled out" Sean "Diddy" Combs because he is Black, demonstrating "bad faith" and "racial animus" in handling the case.

Feb. 14, 2025 A high-profile suit accusing Combs and fellow rapper Jay-Z of raping a 13-year-old in 2000 was dropped by the plaintiff’s lawyers, after both Combs and Jay-Z denied the allegations (Read more about it here ).

Sean "Diddy" Combs, one of the most successful rappers and music moguls in the US, will soon be on trial for sex trafficking and racketeering charges. He also faces dozens of lawsuits from individuals who say they were harmed and exploited by the rapper through drugs,

The music mogul’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss a sex-trafficking charge, saying that the law involved has “racist origins.”