Combs was convicted of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
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The highly anticipated trial of hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has reached an end.
The jury found Sean Combs not guilty of racketeering conspiracy, the most serious charge.
The jury found Combs guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution (in connection with his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura) and guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution (in connection with his ex-girlfriend who testified under the pseudonym "Jane").
He was found not guilty of both charges of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion in connection with Ventura and "Jane."
Combs was accused of being the ringleader of an alleged enterprise that "abused, threatened and coerced women" into prolonged, drug-fueled sexual orgies with male prostitutes, which he called "freak-offs," and then threatened them into silence. Combs has said that all of the sex was consensual and that while his relationships sometimes involved domestic violence, he wasn't engaged in trafficking.
Combs' lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said Combs was simply part of the swinger lifestyle and that he "vehemently denies the accusations made by the SDNY."
The jury has sent a note after deliberating for about 70 minutes. The contents of the note are unknown. The lawyers for both sides are back in the courtroom, along with Combs.
The judge and jury are not yet back in the courtroom.
The jury in Sean Combs’ sex trafficking trial has elected a foreperson.
The jury in the Sean Combs trial has now officially begun their deliberations.
“You will now retire to decide the case,” Judge Arun Subramanian said before deliberations commenced.
The jury in Manhattan federal court is debating whether Combs is guilty of racketeering conspiracy, two counts of sex trafficking and two counts of transportation for the purposes of prostitution, all of which Combs has denied.
Combs’ mother, twin daughters and sons were seated behind him in the gallery as the judge instructed jurors to base their decision “exclusively on the evidence or lack of evidence.”
The first job for jurors is to elect a foreperson and to send a note to the court indicating who that is.
The jury has been provided with portions of the trial transcript, a laptop with the evidence loaded onto it, a list of exhibits, a copy of the judge’s instructions, and a copy of the verdict sheet.
Alternate jurors are not dismissed. The judge told them that while they do not have to remain in the courthouse during deliberations, they must adhere to all of the instructions until a verdict is reached. Alternates also must provide a phone number where they can be reached in case they’re needed.
“Please accept my heartfelt gratitude for your service. You may be called into service,” Subramanian told the alternates. “I’m sorry you will likely miss the experience of deliberating.”
The schedule of deliberations is largely up to the jury. Jurors may stay until 5 p.m. each day or even longer if all 12 jurors agree to stay late. All meals are provided.
A jury of eight men and four women is now deliberating five criminal counts against Sean Combs after hearing more than two hours of instructions from Judge Arun Subramanian.
