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- Sean "Diddy" Combs' attorney: "I have nothing to do with a possible pardon"</p>
<p>Jericka Duncan August 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM</p>
<p>CBS News</p>
<p>The lead attorney for Sean "Diddy" Combs, Marc Agnifilo, says he has not had any conversations with the Trump administration about seeking a pardon for his client.</p>
<p>Agnifilo sat down with CBS News for his first network interview since a New York jury convicted Combs of prostitution-related charges last month. Combs was acquitted of more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. He's scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 3.</p>
<p>Earlier this week, another attorney for Combs, Nicole Westmoreland, told CNN it was her understanding that the defense team "had conversations in reference to a pardon" with the Trump administration.</p>
<p>But Agnifilo tells CBS News, "I have nothing to do with a possible pardon."</p>
<p>"I have had conversations with nobody," Agnifilo said. "I have not spoken to the president. I have not spoken to anybody who speaks to the president about Sean Combs. I have not."</p>
<p>He says he hasn't discussed it with Combs either, except to tell him what's in the news.</p>
<p>"He says, 'Go tell him (Mr. Trump) that I need a pardon,'" Agnofilo said. "'Go tell him I deserve a pardon.' That's what he said."</p>
<p>A senior White House official declined to comment on what they termed "speculation" and told CBS News any decisions on pardons would come from the president himself.</p>
<p>Agnifilo said right now he's focused on getting his client "a good sentence."</p>
<p>He said he usually speaks several times a day with Combs, who is currently jailed at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center after he was again denied bail on Monday. Judge Arun Subramanian cited Combs' violence in his personal relationships — the same reason he denied Combs bail on the day of the verdict.</p>
<p>Combs, 55, was convicted on July 2 of two counts alleging violations of the Mann Act, a law that makes it a federal crime to transport someone across state lines for prostitution. Each count carries a potential maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.</p>
<p>Combs will get credit for time served, and prosecutors have said he should get at least 51 to 63 months imprisonment on the two convictions, or a sentence of roughly four to five years.</p>
<p>Asked if he has any regrets about how he tried the case, Agnifilo replied, "Not really, not really."</p>
<p>Controversial moments at trial</p>
<p>During the trial, Agnifilo described the relationship between Combs and former girlfriend Cassie Ventura as "a great modern love story."</p>
<p>But Ventura, who testified against him, has said she was raped, physically abused and became addicted to drugs because of Combs.</p>
<p>Agnifilo said they "vehemently deny" the rape allegation, and in the interview, he stood by his depiction of the relationship.</p>
<p>"In terms of the, you know, the drugs and the other stuff … that's what makes it a modern love story," he said. "I think they really did love each other. I think she very much loved him and I know he very much loved her."</p>
<p>"I mean, these are two people who hurt each other, loved each other, cheated on each other," he said.</p>
<p>Ventura's lawyer, Douglas Wigdor, rejects Agnifilo's description of the relationship, telling CBS News that it is a "complete disgrace and affront" to survivors of domestic violence.</p>
<p>Agnifilo, a former prosecutor turned criminal defense attorney, has had other high-profile cases in his 35-year career, including the trial of NXIVM founder Keith Raniere and Martin "Pharma Bro" Shkreli, but none as highly publicized as the trial of Combs.</p>
<p>"I've been blessed to have a lot of cases that people care about, but nothing, nothing close to this," Agnifilo said, adding that it put a lot of pressure on him and his team.</p>
<p>"A lot of pressure because, you know, Sean Combs — I mean, I, I believed in my heart that he was innocent."</p>
<p>Asked what Combs wants the public to know, Agnifilo said his client has been reflecting on "the blessings that he's been given, on the imperfections that I think he sees in himself."</p>
<p>He said Combs is focusing on his family, and that the hip-hop mogul has also mentioned a future goal: "He said to me he's going to be back at Madison Square Garden."</p>
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