Sean “Diddy” Combs is demanding immediate release, arguing that a judge punished him for crimes a jury explicitly rejected.

In a dramatic appeal filed late Tuesday, Diddy’s legal team urged the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan to overturn his prostitution-related conviction, order his release, or send the case back for a sharply reduced sentence. Their core claim: the punishment went far beyond what the jury’s verdict allowed.

The 56-year-old music mogul is currently serving a four-year, two-month sentence at a federal prison in New Jersey, with a projected release date of May 2028.

While jurors acquitted him in July of the most serious allegations — racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking — they convicted him on two counts under the Mann Act, which prohibits transporting people across state lines for sexual purposes.

According to the appeal, U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian relied heavily on evidence tied to the charges the jury rejected when deciding the sentence.

Diddy’s lawyers accuse the judge of abandoning judicial neutrality and acting as a “thirteenth juror.”

“Defendants typically receive less than 15 months for these offenses — even when coercion is involved,” the filing states, stressing that coercion was not found by the jury in this case.

Instead, they argue, the court imposed “the highest sentence ever for any remotely similar defendant,” effectively overriding the verdict.

At sentencing, Judge Subramanian dismissed claims that the conduct was consensual, citing testimony from two former girlfriends who said they were pressured into extended sexual encounters with male sex workers.

One of them, Cassie Ventura, told jurors Diddy ordered her into what she described as “disgusting” sexual acts hundreds of times during their relationship.

Addressing Diddy directly, the judge said: “You abused the power and control that you had over the lives of women you professed to love dearly.”

The appeals court has yet to schedule oral arguments, leaving Diddy’s fate and his bid for immediate freedom hanging in the balance.