What is The Mann Act? First enacted in 1910, the Mann Act was first put in place as a way to prevent the forced prostitution ...

Almost a month after the jury in Diddy's sex trafficking trial announced a partial guilty verdict for him, the rapper's legal ...

Federal prosecutors are firing back at Sean "Diddy" Combs' latest bid for bond, calling him a flight risk and a danger.

The Mann Act, previously called the White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910, essentially made it illegal to transport people across state lines for prostitution or any other “immoral” purpose, PBS reported.

Sean “Diddy” Combs is pushing back after being convicted earlier this month under the federal Mann Act. In the motion filed ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs, who was convicted of two prostitution counts under the Mann Act, filed a motion for acquittal or a new ...

The website states that the Mann Act explicitly involves the act of a person transporting someone across state lines for the purpose of having sex.  Diddy argues that he didn't have sex with anyone; ...

Bail? Not for Diddy, the feds say, turning the rap mogul's "just a John" argument on its head by dredging up the drugs and ...

The Mann Act, a century-old law with origins in racial bias and moral policing, is rarely used in cases involving adult consensual activity. The defense states that the government’s use of prejudicial ...

Prosecutors push back, saying Combs is 'no mere John' in a court filing that warns they plan to seek a hefty prison sentence for the music mogul ...

Here's what to know about the law. Why is it called the Mann Act? In 1910, Congress passed the bill, which was named after Republican U.S. Rep. James Robert Mann of Illinois.

"To our knowledge, Mr. Combs is the only person ever convicted of violating the statute for conduct anything like this,” his lawyer, Alexandra Shapiro of Shapiro Arato Bach, wrote in a 62-page motion ...