Sean 'Diddy' Combs files to appeal his conviction and sentence

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is appealing the condemnation handed down to him earlier this twelvemonth implicit prostitution charges relating to his erstwhile girlfriends and antheral enactment workers.

The music mogul was given a 50-month condemnation and a $500,000 fine for flying radical astir the US and overseas for intersexual encounters, including his then-girlfriend and antheral enactment workers, successful usurpation of prostitution laws.

He was cleared of much superior charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex-trafficking that could person enactment him successful jailhouse for life.

The two-page ceremonial announcement of appeal, seen by Sky News, was filed successful Manhattan national tribunal connected Monday, confirming helium volition beryllium challenging some his condemnation and his sentence.

It lists Combs's defence assembly arsenic Alexandra A E Shapiro, and shows a $605 (£450) docketing interest was paid to lodge the ceremonial notice.

More elaborate filings are expected to follow.

On the time of sentencing successful aboriginal October the rapper's lawyers had signalled they intended to appeal.

Combs, 55, has been successful custody since his apprehension past year.

His seven-week proceedings earlier this twelvemonth included 4 days of grounds from Cassie, present Cassie Ventura Fine, who told the tribunal she was coerced and sometimes blackmailed into intersexual encounters with antheral enactment workers, referred to arsenic "freak offs".

Jurors were besides shown video clips of Combs dragging and beating her successful a Los Angeles edifice hallway aft 1 of those sessions successful 2016.

Ahead of the sentencing, Cassie besides submitted a missive to the judge, calling Combs a "manipulator" and saying she would fearfulness for her information should helium beryllium instantly released.

Ahead of his sentencing, Combs told the tribunal helium admitted his past behaviour was "disgusting, shameful and sick", and apologised personally to Cassie Ventura and "Jane", different erstwhile woman who testified anonymously during the trial.

He told the tribunal he'd got "lost successful my excess and mislaid successful my ego", but since his clip successful situation helium has been "humbled and breached to my core," adding "I hatred myself close now... I americium genuinely atrocious for it all."

Judge Arun Subramanian, who had rejected bail for the rapper respective times earlier sentencing, told him that helium would get done his clip successful situation and would inactive "have a beingness afterwards," calling it "a accidental for renewal and redemption".

He was facing a maximum of 20 years successful situation for the prostitution-related charges, truthful the condemnation was towards the little extremity of the scale.

Prosecutors had argued helium should walk astatine slightest 11 years down bars, portion Combs's lawyers had called for him to beryllium freed astir instantly owed to clip already served since his apprehension conscionable implicit a twelvemonth ago.

Sky News has contacted Combs's lawyers for comment.