Diddy's Lawyer Blasts Judge as '13th Juror,' Vows to Appeal Sentence By Liam Quinn

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ attorney criticized the judge who sentenced the music mogul to more than four years in prison.

Speaking to a gaggle of reporters following Combs’ sentencing hearing on Friday, Oct. 3, Marc Agnifilo took aim at the 50-month sentence handed down by Judge Arun Subramanian.

“The judge acted as a 13th juror, one we did not choose,” Agnifilo said. “… He second guessed the jury’s verdict.”

Agnifilo and his team had requested that the judge sentence Combs to no more than 14 months in prison after the music mogul was convicted of prostitution charges but acquitted of racketeering and sex trafficking.

Combs, who will get credit for the year he has already spent behind bars, will serve and additional 36 months in federal prison.

Agnifilo told reporters, according to ABC News and other outlets, that the sentence will be appealed and said that Subramanian used coercion as reasoning for the length of the sentence.

“The jury’s verdict was resoundingly clear,” Agnifilo said. “There was no sex trafficking, there was no racketeering, everything was consensual, everything was adult, which is why he was convicted only of the prostitution offense.”

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Agnifilo’s comments are a departure from the praise he previously heaped on Subramanian following the high-profile trial.

“I think Judge Subramanian is a very fair judge, and he worked remarkably hard to give us as fair a trial as possible,” Agnifilo told Variety. “This trial wasn’t perfect, because none is. But the judge did an outstanding job in being thoughtful, being careful, giving a lot of time to the parties. I can’t say enough good things about our judge. He’s a terrific person. And while no trial is perfect, just like no lawyer is perfect, I thought this one was pretty close.”

Combs’ 50-month sentence also fell short of what prosecutors had asked for. In a sentencing memorandum, the government had asked the Bad Boy Records founder be sentenced to 11 years in federal prison.