Sean ‘Diddy' Combs Claims Federal Charge Was Racially Motivated: ‘No White Person Has Ever Been the Target of a Remotely Similar Prosecution'
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.
Sean Combs Argues He’s Facing a Mann Act Charge Because of His Race
His lawyers’ filing focuses on a lesser sex trafficking charge, which stems from a federal law known as the Mann Act. The law makes it illegal to transport a person “with intent that such ...
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyers slam feds for using 'racist' law 'used to target Black men'
Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Among the several federal charges against Combs is a violation of the Mann Act, officially known as the White-Slave Traffic Act, which makes it illegal ...
Sean 'Diddy' Combs case includes a charge steeped in racist history, attorneys argue
Sean Combs' legal team filed a motion casting the prosecution under the Mann Act as racist — something prosecutors have denied in previous hearings.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Lawyers Say Sex Trafficking Charge Has Racist Origins, Ask Judge to Dismiss It
The hip-hop mogul's legal team claims the Mann Act, a 1910 law under which the charge was brought, was "used to target Black men and supposedly protect white women from them." By Michael Saponara ...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs moves to dismiss federal charge, arguing statute’s ‘racist origins’
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 'Diddy' Combs case: Defense argues he was 'singled out' because he is Black
Combs' defense attorneys claimed prosecutors "singled out" Sean "Diddy" Combs because he is Black, demonstrating "bad faith" and "racial animus" in handling the case.
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The Mann Act
One of the landmarks of Progressive Era legislation was the White Slave Traffic Act — better known as the Mann Act for its author, Illinois congressman James Robert Mann. The Mann Act made it ...
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What is the White-Slave Traffic Act? Diddy's lawyers reportedly fight back against one of his charges, accusing prosecution of being racially biased
According to the lawyers, the charges were based on the White-Slave Traffic Act, now known as the Mann Act. For the unversed, the Mann Act criminalizes the transportation of "any woman or ...
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Matt Gaetz got a pass on anti-trafficking laws
it remained silent on why the Mann Act’s criminal penalties didn’t apply to the women Gaetz was alleged to have transported. The Ethics Committee next explained that Gaetz did not violate ...
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The Full Text of The Mann Act
Full text of the White-Slave Traffic Act, as passed by the Sixty-First Congress on June 25, 1910: CHAP. 395 — An Act to further regulate interstate commerce and foreign commerce by prohibiting ...
Michael Mann Owes Us $1 Million
In response to this threat, National Review’s editor, Rich Lowry, wrote a post titled “Get Lost,” in which he explained ...