Diddy Might Walk Free After All — His Attorney Claims Prosecutors “Overcharged” Him

Diddy is not taking his 50-month prison sentence lying down, and according to legal powerhouse Mark Geragos, the mogul might actually have the law on his side this time.

While the Bad Boy founder is currently calling a federal cell in New Jersey home, his legal team just filed a massive 84-page appeal on Christmas Eve that could change everything. Geragos, who has been a vocal supporter of Diddy throughout the entire federal saga, recently sat down with NewsNation to explain why he believes the prosecution’s “overzealous” strategy is about to blow up in their faces.

The drama centers on the fact that while Diddy was convicted of two Mann Act violations, he was actually acquitted of the heavy hitters like racketeering and sex trafficking.

Geragos argues that the government should be “penalized” for trying to bury the mogul under charges that didn’t stick, only to have the judge use that same “acquitted conduct” to justify a four-year sentence anyway. Speaking on the fundamental unfairness of the situation, Geragos shared, “I think there’s a potential there. Remember, when he was convicted of these two Mann Act violations… He won against the counts that carried a mandatory life sentence and would have basically forfeited his entire fortune. So he rolled the dice and won, and then he was enhanced in his sentence by the very conduct he was acquitted of. I think that’s fundamentally unfair. In fact, if we want to talk about fairness, I think the prosecution should be penalized for overcharging him in the first place, and he should have been immediately released. That’s just me. I have great affection, and I think that’s the just result.

The new appeal, led by powerhouse attorney Alexandra Shapiro, is essentially a direct shot at Judge Arun Subramanian.

Diddy’s team is accusing the judge of acting like a “13th juror” who “second-guessed” the jury’s verdict. They claim the judge improperly focused on the 2016 Cassie Ventura assault and other allegations the jury didn’t convict him for to hand down a sentence that is nearly triple the typical 15-month range for similar offenses.

By arguing that Diddy’s constitutional rights were breached, the defense is demanding an “immediate release” or a major reduction in time. Geragos believes the “potential” for a win is real because the legal math just doesn’t add up when a defendant is punished for what they were found innocent of.