Sean “Diddy” Combs is once again asking to be released from federal custody ahead of his Oct. 3 sentencing — this time arguing that his nearly yearlong incarceration is unjust, the law was misapplied, and the judge should set aside earlier concerns about his past violent behavior.

The motion, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, comes after Judge Arun Subramanian denied Combs’ prior requests for bail following the jury’s split verdict. While Combs was acquitted of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and a host of other charges, he was convicted of violating the Mann Act, a law that is rarely used.

“The Mann Act (also known as the White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910),” according to Cornell Law School , “is a federal law that criminalizes th

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