Diddy, Defending ‘Freak-Offs,’ Returns to Court

A judge this week will weigh if “freak-offs” have First Amendment protections, in what’s surely a first for federal courts.

That’s part of what Sean “Diddy” Combs and prosecutors are set to spar over at a conference on Thursday before Manhattan Judge Arun Subramanian.

Combs’ legal team filed a motion asking the judge to toss the music mogul’s prostitution, conviction, arguing the sex parties at the center of the case against him amounted to “amateur porn.” The government responded that Combs was “a voracious consumer of commercial sex” and his conduct isn’t entitled to free expression protections.

Combs was ...