Lawyers for Sean "Diddy" Combs made a last-ditch effort on Thursday to try to persuade a Manhattan federal judge to overturn the jury’s guilty verdict for two prostitution-related charges.

The rap entrepreneur was convicted in July of violating the Mann Act — promoting travel for the purpose of prostitution — but cleared on more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking.

Federal prosecutors charged that Combs tapped the resources of his liquor, music and fashion empire to carry out a 15-year scheme to coerce his girlfriends into having sex with male strippers during dayslong, drug-fueled orgies, which he dubbed "freak-offs." He would watch and often film the episodes on his phone, according to testimony.

Authorities said the music mogul used violence, intimidation and money

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