Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs returns to court a week before he faces sentencing

Both sides are expected to have about 20 minutes to present their arguments.

Combs’ attorneys maintain their client was unjustly convicted under the Mann Act. The Mann Act makes it a crime to move a person across state lines for the purpose of prostitution. In filings after Combs’ verdict, his attorneys argued that had he only been charged with the two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, his trial would have been entirely different, with less evidence of violence presented to the jury.

The jury acquitted him on more serious charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking that could have led to a life sentence.

Combs, 55, is currently scheduled to be sentenced October 3. He’s been jailed since his arrest last September.

His lawyers have also argued in court papers submitted this week that he should be sentenced to no more than 14 months in prison. With credit for good behavior, he’d be released almost immediately.

Prosecutors have suggested that they believe he should spend at least several more years behind bars, although they haven’t submitted their sentencing recommendations to the judge yet.

The judge has refused to grant bail twice since the jury returned its verdict, citing Combs’ history of violence.

Prosecutors said he arranged for paid sexual encounters between male sex workers and his girlfriends, some of whom testified about being beaten, kicked and choked by Combs.