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Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial updates: Defense closes; deliberations set for Monday
The hip-hop mogul is charged with sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.
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Ongoing updates in the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs.
Key Headlines
- Prosecution finishes rebuttal as court adjourns
- Prosecution refutes defense's characterization of so-called "freak offs" and Combs' generosity
- Prosecution swats defense's assertion that there was no evidence to support prostitution charge
- Defense concludes closing statements with plea for acquittal: 'Return him to his family'
- Defense says there is a 'gaping lack of evidence' that a criminal enterprise run by Combs existed
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."
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