Jul 02, 2025, 10:19 AM EDT
Combs found not guilty of racketeering conspiracy
The jury found Sean Combs not guilty of racketeering conspiracy (count 1).
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Combs was convicted of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
Last Updated: July 2, 2025, 11:48 PM EDT
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Here's how the news is developing.
Jul 2, 2025, 10:50 am
Sean Combs trial reaches an end with mixed verdict
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."
Jul 02, 2025, 10:13 AM EDT
Sean Combs enters courtroom
"We have reached a verdict on all counts," the jury wrote in a note at 9:52 a.m.
Sean Combs has entered the courtroom and took his seat next to his lawyers.
He briefly smiled toward his family and made praying hands as he walked to his seat. He is wearing a light-colored sweater over a collared shirt. The back of his shirt is slightly untucked.
The judge has not yet taken the bench and the jury hasn’t come into the courtroom.
Jul 02, 2025, 10:04 AM EDT
Jury reaches a verdict
The jury has reached a verdict.
The verdict comes more than 14 hours since deliberations began on Monday.
The lawyers are beginning to file into the courtroom. Prosecutors just took their seats in the first row of the courtroom.
Sean "Diddy" Combs’ lawyers were briefly huddled in the courtroom but just walked out through the door that leads to the area where Combs has been waiting during deliberations.
A few of Combs’ family are in the gallery but the majority have not arrived.
The judge and the jury are not in the courtroom. Nothing has been read in open court since the deliberations began for the day.
Jul 02, 2025, 9:52 AM EDT
Combs greets family and leaves courtroom after deliberations begin
After sitting in the courtroom for about thirty minutes – spending much of that time reading a book and jotting down notes – Sean Combs has departed the courtroom. He has spent most of the deliberations in a separate location.
Before leaving, Combs approached his family, who were seated in the first few rows of the gallery. The family members locked hands briefly and shared a moment with Combs, who stood on the other side of the well. His family applauded for him as he walked out of the courtroom. Combs hugged attorney Brian Steel as he exited.
Most of Combs' family has left the courtroom as well.
We are now 14 hours into deliberations.
