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Attorneys for Sean 바카라 게임 웹사이트Diddy바카라 게임 웹사이트 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 바카라 게임 웹사이트 which prosecutors have previously strongly denied.
바카라 게임 웹사이트This case is unprecedented in many ways, but perhaps most notably, and most disturbingly, no White person has ever been the target of a remotely similar prosecution,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Combs바카라 게임 웹사이트 defense argued in a new motion, filed Tuesday evening.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Mr. Combs has been singled out because he is a powerful Black man, and he is being prosecuted for conduct that regularly goes unpunished,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the filing continued.
Combs바카라 게임 웹사이트 attorneys are asking the court to drop Count Three in the superseding indictment against Combs 바카라 게임 웹사이트 transportation to engage in prostitution 바카라 게임 웹사이트 arguing that there has 바카라 게임 웹사이트never been a similar바카라 게임 웹사이트 prosecution under The Mann Act.
The Mann Act, which was previously called the White-Slave Traffic Act, was passed in 1910 to prohibit the transportation of women for prostitution and human trafficking.
CNN has reached out to prosecutors at the Southern District of New York for comment.
Attorneys for Combs have previously accused the government of racism, which prosecutors strongly denied. One of Combs바카라 게임 웹사이트 lawyers, Marc Agnifilo, told TMZ in an interview last year that the case was a 바카라 게임 웹사이트takedown of a successful Black man.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Prosecutors took issue with Agnifilo바카라 게임 웹사이트s statements to TMZ, raising concerns in court.
바카라 게임 웹사이트He baselessly accused the government of engaging in a racist prosecution,바카라 게임 웹사이트 one of the prosecutors told the judge at an October hearing, adding that the accusations posed a 바카라 게임 웹사이트serious risk바카라 게임 웹사이트 for a fair trial.
Combs바카라 게임 웹사이트 attorneys argued that the statute has only been used to prosecute people of color, writing, 바카라 게임 웹사이트What was racist in its inception has often been racist in its operation.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The charge of transporting escorts across state lines for purposes of prostitution is based on a law, his defense said, which has 바카라 게임 웹사이트a long and troubling history as a statute with racist origins, used to target Black men and supposedly protect White women from them.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Combs is facing three federal charges, also including racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and is currently being held at a federal detention center in New York City.
Attorneys for Combs did not provide any additional comment to CNN on Tuesday evening, in regards to their latest filing.