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\n\tSean Combs<\/a> made it official Monday, filing a two-page notice of appeal confirming that he\u2019s challenging both his conviction on his two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and his 50-month prison sentence.<\/p>\n \n\tThe form, which was obtained by Rolling Stone<\/em>, lists Alexandra A.E. Shapiro as Combs\u2019 appellate attorney and was submitted in Manhattan federal court after Shapiro vowed a court challenge on the day of Combs\u2019 Oct. 3 sentencing<\/a>. More in-depth filings spelling out Combs\u2019 arguments for why his conviction and sentence should be overturned are expected to be submitted to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in the coming weeks, where the case will go before a three-judge panel. (Attorneys for Combs did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2018s request for comment.)<\/p>\n \n\tCombs, 55, has been in custody since his arrest last year. The Bad Boy Records founder who spun his music, media, and beverage businesses into a billion-dollar fortune, was convicted on July 2<\/a> of two counts of violating the century-old Mann Act. Jurors acquitted Combs of his three most serious charges: racketeering conspiracy and the alleged sex trafficking of Ventura and Jane.<\/p>\n \n\tAt Combs\u2019 seven-week trial, his ex-girlfriends Casandra \u201cCassie\u201d Ventura and a woman who testified under the pseudonym Jane told jurors that they often felt compelled to slather themselves in baby oil and have sex with male escorts while Combs choreographed their movements, masturbated, and often made videos. They said the extended sex marathons were dubbed \u201cfreak-offs\u201d and hotel nights. Ventura testified that Combs regularly beat her, punched her, stomped on her face, threw her to the ground, and threatened to release her sex tapes if she didn\u2019t do what he wanted.<\/p>\n \n\tThough Combs\u2019 defense argued that his acquittals on the most serious charges precluded the court from considering the women\u2019s claims of coercion, Judge Arun Subramanian said the women\u2019s claims of violence and exploitation were major factors in the prison sentence of four years and two months. (Combs\u2019 defense had asked for no more than 14 months<\/a>.)<\/p>\n