New Delhi, April 9 -- Hip-hop mogul Sean Combs, popularly known as Diddy, is set to challenge both his conviction and prison sentence before a US appeals court, marking the next phase in a closely watched legal battle, Reuters reported.

The 56-year-old music executive has approached the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, seeking to overturn a 2025 conviction linked to prostitution-related charges, as well as the 50-month jail term that followed.

At the centre of Combs' appeal is a key legal argument: that the trial judge improperly relied on allegations tied to charges for which he had already been acquitted.

His lawyers are expected to argue that Arun Subramanian, who presided over the trial, should not have consid...