Sean Combs is appealing his 50-month federal sentence by claiming his recorded "freak-off" events were First Amendment-protected amateur pornography.Attorneys Alexandra Shapiro and Nicole Westmoreland argued before the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that the judge improperly factored in acquitted conduct.Prosecutors from the DOJ rejected the defense's attempt to redefine the Mann Act, asserting that Combs transported sex workers for personal gratification.The music mogul remains in a New Jersey federal prison with a scheduled release date of April 2028 unless the appellate court reverses the conviction.