Nicole Parton

On February 20, federal prosecutors urged an appellate court to affirm both the conviction and the sentence, arguing in documents that Combs was a repeat offender who employed violence and intimidation to commit his crimes.

Combs was convicted under the Mann Act.

That's a federal law that prohibits the interstate transportation of individuals for prostitution.

During the eight-week trial, testimonies from Cassie Ventura, a former girlfriend of Combs, and another woman...

said that he orchestrated drug-influenced sexual encounters referred to as freak-offs with hired male escorts.

Prosecutors claim that Combs arranged travel for these individuals, sometimes across state lines or even internationally, using coercive tactics in his relationship.

In their appeal to the U.S.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan, prosecutors argued that the judge duly considered the treatment of the women,

When determining Combs' sentence, they stated, according to Combs, the district court should have ignored how he executed his Man Act offenses and mistreated his victims, violently assaulting them, threatening them, deceiving them, and providing them with drugs.

Combs' legal representatives countered that the sexual activities were all consensual.

In their appeal filed on March 13, Combs' lawyers characterized his extensive prison time as a, quote, perversion of justice, advocating for immediate release and a judgment of acquittal.

In their appeal filed on March 13, Combs' lawyers characterized his prison sentence as a perversion of justice, advocating for his immediate release, a judgment of acquittal, or at least to remand his resentencing process.

Oral arguments for that appeal are set for April 9.

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Tiger Woods was arrested on Friday in Florida under suspicions of driving under the influence.

This is reported by Martin County, Florida Sheriff John Budenseek.

Woods was operating a Land Rover when he collided with a pickup truck that was towing a small trailer.

The sheriff informed the media that the impact caused Woods' vehicle to tip over on its side.