NEW YORK (Court TV) — Attorneys representing disgraced music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs have filed a notice of appeal for both his conviction and sentencing on federal prostitution charges.

FILE – Rapper-producer Sean “Diddy” Combs answers questions at a news conference on Dec. 28, 1999, in New York. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett, File)

Combs was convicted in July on charges of transportation to engage in prostitution, but acquitted of more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking. He was sentenced on Oct. 3 to 50 months in prison; at his request, Judge Arun Subramanian recommended that Combs be placed in a prison “as close as possible” to the New York metropolitan area and that he be considered for admission to a substance abuse program. Combs was additionally fined $500,000

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