Anthony Ricco was one of several attorneys for Combs, who is also represented by Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos.

Lawyers for Sean "Diddy Combs" claim one of the federal charges against him relies on a "racist" law historically "used to target Black men."

Diddy says the feds are trying to take him down purely because he's a successful Black man, and they're using a law that's been "racist" since its inception to do it ... according to new documents. Diddy's attorneys filed docs Tuesday asking the judge to dismiss count 3 of the U.

Sean Combs' legal team filed a motion casting the prosecution under the Mann Act as racist — something prosecutors have denied in previous hearings.

Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs are moving to dismiss one of the charges the embattled music mogul is facing, arguing that the currently incarcerated Combs has been subject to a racist prosecution — which prosecutors have previously strongly denied.

Mr. Combs has been singled out because he is a powerful black man, and he is being prosecuted for conduct that regularly goes unpunished,” declares a Tuesday filing by the incarcerated Sean “Diddy” Combs to toss out the government’s claim the Bad Boy Records founder violated the Mann Act,

Sean Combs' attorneys filed a motion to dismiss one count of transportation to engage in prostitution, claiming that the law cited has "racist origins."

The music mogul’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss a sex-trafficking charge, saying that the law involved has “racist origins.”

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team is going on the offensive with a new motion that seeks to dismiss one of the three federal charges against him, claiming that the charges are racially motivated and that “no white person has ever been the target of a remotely similar prosecution” under the Mann Act.