Sean "Diddy" Combs has arrived in court for a hearing over his bid to set aside a jury's verdict finding the hip-hop mogul guilty on prostitution charges but clearing him of more serious counts of sex trafficking and racketeering.

Combs, 55, faces up to 20 years in prison if the July 2 conviction stands.

Jurors found he paid male escorts to travel across state lines to have sex with his girlfriends while he filmed and masturbated.

He had pleaded not guilty to all of the charges, which could have landed him in prison for life.

As he entered US District Judge Arun Subramanian's court room in Manhattan, Combs smiled, hugged his lawyers, and waved at his family seated in the audience.

Subramanian has not said when he will rule on Combs' motion.

Combs' lawyers urged the judge in a July 30

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