The Latest: Diddy convicted of prostitution offenses, not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering

NEW YORK – Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted of prostitution-related offenses but acquitted Wednesday of enactment trafficking and racketeering charges that could person enactment 1 of hip-hop’s astir celebrated figures down bars for life.

The mixed effect came connected the 3rd time of deliberations. It could inactive nonstop Combs, 55, to situation for arsenic agelong arsenic a decade, and is apt to extremity his vocation arsenic a hitmaking euphony executive, manner entrepreneur, marque ambassador and world TV star.

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Celebrities respond to the Combs verdict

What is the Mann Act, which Combs was convicted of violating?

Combs was convicted of flying radical astir the country, including his girlfriends and paid antheral enactment workers, to prosecute successful intersexual encounters successful usurpation of the national Mann Act.

The 1910 instrumentality primitively prohibited the interstate oregon overseas commerce transport of a pistillate oregon miss “for prostitution, debauchery oregon for immoderate different immoral purpose.” A 1986 update made the instrumentality gender-neutral and efficaciously ended the Act’s relation successful trying to legislate morality by changing “debauchery” and “immoral purpose” to “any intersexual enactment for which immoderate idiosyncratic tin beryllium charged with a transgression offense.”

Federal officials: All Americans privation ‘scourge’ of enactment crimes stopped

The connection by national officials connected the verdict successful U.S. v. Sean Combs doesn’t notation the verdict, oregon Combs.

“Sex crimes profoundly scar victims, and the disturbing world is that enactment crimes are each excessively contiguous successful galore aspects of our society. Victims endure gut-wrenching carnal and intelligence abuse, starring to lasting trauma. New Yorkers and each Americans privation this scourge stopped and perpetrators brought to justice,” says the connection by U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton and Ricky Patel, who runs New York’s tract bureau for Homeland Security Investigations.

“Prosecuting enactment crimes requires brave victims to travel guardant and archer their harrowing stories. We and our instrumentality enforcement partners admit the hardships victims endure and person prioritized a victim-centered attack to investigating and prosecuting these cases,” said the statement, which besides praises instrumentality enforcement offices “for their assistance successful this matter.”

Cassie’s lawyer says she ‘paved the way’

A lawyer for the R&B singer, who antecedently dated Combs and testified that helium bushed and raped her, lauded her courageousness contempt the verdict.

“Although the assemblage did not find Combs blameworthy of enactment trafficking Cassie beyond a tenable doubt, she paved the mode for a assemblage to find him blameworthy of proscription to prosecute successful prostitution,” Douglas H. Wigdor said successful a written statement.

“By coming guardant with her experience, Cassie has near an indelible people connected some the amusement manufacture and the combat for justice.”

How agelong did the assemblage deliberate for?

Overall, the assemblage deliberated for astir 13 and a fractional hours implicit the people of 3 days.

It’s been astir 2 months since assemblage enactment began connected May 5.

The verdict came arsenic the assemblage faced the imaginable of coming into tribunal Thursday, portion the courthouse is different closed, oregon waiting until aft the agelong Independence Day play to resume deliberating if they didn’t person a determination Wednesday.

What Combs said to his household arsenic helium near the courtroom

As Combs turned toward his household arsenic helium near the courtroom, helium smiled arsenic they applauded and said: “I’ll beryllium location soon.”

He added: “I emotion you, baby” and, “I emotion you, Mom.”

U.S. Marshals past ushered him out. Combs volition stay successful custody arsenic the justice considers the defense’s statement that the hip-hop mogul should beryllium granted bail and released until his sentencing.

Combs seems overwhelmed, his friends and household overjoyed

Combs’ household stood and applauded arsenic Diddy faced them earlier being led retired by authorities. The household besides cheered for the hip-hop mogul’s lawyers arsenic the defence attorneys hugged 1 another.

Combs wiped his face, turned and kneeled astatine his chair, his caput bowed successful prayer, arsenic tribunal adjourned. The justice said he'll reconvene aboriginal Wednesday to sermon whether to assistance Combs bail.

Prosecutors accidental they volition question to person Combs incarcerated

The charges Combs was convicted of transportation a maximum of 10 years down bars, Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey notes.

“Mr. Agnifilo tried to downplay the significance” of the charges Combs was convicted of, “but the grounds says otherwise,” the authoritative says.

She said the tribunal has heard grounds of years of amerciable conduct, transporting enactment workers, cause usage and attempting to intimidate witnesses.

Comey argued there’s a “real hazard that helium volition flagrantly disregard orders from this court, that helium volition perpetrate caller crimes and that helium volition effort to fly justice.”

Combs’ defence lawyer asks the justice to merchandise his lawsuit connected bail

“In airy of the information that Mr. Combs is nary longer charged with enactment trafficking ... helium should beryllium released,” Marc Agnifilo said.

Agnifilo wants Combs to beryllium released contiguous and allowed to instrumentality to his Florida home.

He says the acquittal connected the superior charges demands a alteration successful Combs’ conditions of release.

Prosecutors reason Combs being released connected bail.

Combs reacts to verdict

Combs pumped his close fist subtly, seemingly satisfied that helium was acquitted connected the astir superior charges. And helium nodded his caput successful statement arsenic the justice thanked the assemblage for its hard enactment implicit the past 8 weeks.

As the verdicts were read, helium held up his hands successful a supplication motion. Then helium was hugging his defence lawyer Teny Geragos.

Here’s however the assemblage decided connected each charges

The assemblage has reached a verdict connected each charges successful Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ enactment trafficking trial

The assemblage has reached a verdict Wednesday successful Sean “Diddy” Combs’ enactment trafficking proceedings successful New York City connected the 3rd time of deliberations.

The verdict has yet to beryllium announced successful court.

In summation to enactment trafficking, Combs is charged with racketeering conspiracy and transporting enactment workers crossed authorities lines.

FILE - This courtroom sketch depicts Sean “Diddy” Combs sitting astatine the defence array during his bail proceeding successful New York connected Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (Elizabeth Williams via AP, File)

Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty. His lawyers admit helium could beryllium convulsive and whitethorn person been a atrocious boyfriend. But they contradict that he’s done thing to warrant the charges against him.

If convicted, helium could walk the remainder of his beingness successful prison.

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JUST IN: The assemblage successful the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ enactment trafficking proceedings has reached a verdict connected each charges

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