Sean 'Diddy' Combs Found Guilty Of 2 Out Of 5 Charges In Sex Trafficking Trial
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A Manhattan jury convicted Combs on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in relation to his ex-partners Casandra "Cassie" Ventura and "Jane," who both testified during the trial.
Sean “Diddy” Combs, the Bad Boy Records founder and music mogul who launched the careers of rap-R&B royalty in the 1990s, has been found guilty on two out of five charges in his sex-trafficking trial in New York federal court.
A Manhattan jury convicted Combs on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in relation to his ex-partners Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and “Jane,” who both testified during the trial. He was found not guilty of one count of racketeering conspiracy and two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion.
Combs rejected a plea deal prior to the start of his trial and declined to testify. His defense attorneys did not call up any witnesses to prove their case. They did, however, submit two mistrial requests to the judge overseeing Combs’ trial over claims of “prosecutorial misconduct.”
Over the course of the weeks-long trial, federal prosecutors argued that Combs was the leader of a criminal enterprise who used his “fame, wealth, and power” to commit a number of violent crimes, including kidnapping, arson, forced labor and bribery. The enterprise in question was not Combs’ company, Combs Enterprises, but rather his trusted inner circle that included some of his employees.
At the heart of the trial were testimony from 34 government witnesses, including former employees, law enforcement agents and ex-girlfriends. The most memorable testimonies came from the prosecution’s star witnesses: Combs’ ex-partner and former artist Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and an anonymous woman known in court by the pseudonym Jane, whom he dated on and off from 2021 up until his September 2024 arrest.
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