Diddy Showed Us Who He Is. His Trial Verdict Doesn’t Change That.
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The mogul escaped the most serious charges from his criminal trial, but disturbing evidence and his own actions have already exposed who he really is.
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On Wednesday, after seven long weeks in the courtroom, a verdict was finally reached in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ criminal trial. A New York jury found the mogul, 55, guilty on two felony counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in relation to Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and a woman known as “Jane,” his ex-partners who testified during the trial.
Combs was found not guilty of the most serious charges, one count of racketeering conspiracy and two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion. He would’ve faced life in prison had he been convicted. He now faces up to 20 years, however, according to Rolling Stone, legal experts doubt that the judge in Combs’ case will hand down such a severe penalty. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 3.
The outcome of Combs’ trial is disappointing but not at all surprising.
Jurors’ confusion around his federal charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, in addition to the arguments that prosecutors chose to present, likely led to the split verdict. Several legal experts predicted that jurors were unlikely to convict Combs if the government didn’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was a criminal who had broken the specific laws cited in their federal indictment.
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