{"id":129097,"date":"2025-07-31T13:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/31\/sean-combs-lawyers-argue-mann-act-charges-cannot-stand-conviction-should-be-set-aside\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T13:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:58:12","slug":"sean-combs-lawyers-argue-mann-act-charges-cannot-stand-conviction-should-be-set-aside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/31\/sean-combs-lawyers-argue-mann-act-charges-cannot-stand-conviction-should-be-set-aside\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Combs&#8217; Lawyers Argue Mann Act Charges Cannot Stand, Conviction Should Be Set Aside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;To our knowledge, Mr. Combs is the only person ever convicted of violating the statute for conduct anything like this,\u201d his lawyer, Alexandra Shapiro of Shapiro Arato Bach, wrote in a 62-page motion to vacate the verdict.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;To our knowledge, Mr. Combs is the only person ever convicted of violating the statute for conduct anything like this,\u201d his lawyer, Alexandra Shapiro of Shapiro Arato Bach, wrote in a 62-page motion to vacate the verdict.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/922518776\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/922518776\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/922518776\/law\/legal-news\" 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