Diddy sentencing date set - as star on his knees as he avoids most serious charges

Sean "Diddy" Combs has been recovered blameworthy of proscription for prostitution pursuing a landmark proceedings successful New York - but cleared of much superior charges of enactment trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

The hip-hop mogul was accused by prosecutors of abusing and coercing 3 alleged victims, including his erstwhile semipermanent partner, vocalist and exemplary Cassie Ventura, and different crimes including kidnapping, arson and blackmail.

Jurors decided not each the allegations were proven - but Combs inactive faces respective years successful situation aft being convicted of transporting radical crossed the US, including Cassie and different erstwhile woman "Jane", and paying antheral escorts to prosecute successful intersexual encounters.

However, with the not blameworthy verdict connected 3 different much superior charges - racketeering conspiracy and 2 of enactment trafficking - the 55-year-old has avoided a maximum imaginable condemnation of beingness down bars.

Despite a petition by his defence team, helium was denied bail up of sentencing - which has been scheduled for Friday 3 October.

Marc Agnifilo, portion of Diddy's defence team, described the ruling arsenic "a triumph of each victories".

Outside the courthouse, helium said the assemblage "got the concern right, oregon surely close enough".

Another of his lawyers, Nicole Westmoreland, said: "He really battled for his freedom, for his innocence, and helium did it.

"And, you know, a batch of times, radical are excessively acrophobic to bash it. Today is simply a large triumph to amusement what the strategy tin do."

The mixed effect from the assemblage came not agelong into their 3rd time of deliberations. In the courtroom successful Manhattan, determination were cheers from Combs's household - and the rapper himself held his hands up successful a supplication motion, looking astatine the jury, and hugged his defence lawyer Teny Geragos.

His temper seemed precise antithetic to conscionable a time earlier - erstwhile helium learned the assemblage had reached a verdict connected 4 of the 5 charges, but were divided connected the racketeering charge.

After deliberating for longer connected Wednesday, they came to a unanimous decision.

As the verdict sunk in, Combs appeared overwhelmed, kneeling astatine his seat and bowing his caput successful supplication erstwhile again.

"I'll beryllium location soon," helium said arsenic helium faced his household members. "I emotion you, Mum."

The exertion for bail

Combs's defence squad argued that arsenic helium had been cleared of the astir superior charges, helium should beryllium bailed up of sentencing.

His lawyer Marc Agnifilo said helium had been a exemplary captive and added: "He's not going to flee. He's been fixed his beingness back."

But authoritative Maurene Comey argued Combs had a past of violence, which Judge Arub Subramanian agreed with. "At trial, the defence conceded the defendant's unit successful his idiosyncratic relationships," helium said.

After being denied bail, Combs attempted to get the judge's attraction - but aft consulting with Mr Agnifilo, helium did not speak.

Cassie 'paved the way'

Reacting to the verdict, Cassie's lawyer Douglas H Wigdor said that though jurors did not find Combs blameworthy of sex-trafficking Cassie, she had "paved the way" for the different blameworthy verdicts.

"By coming guardant with her experience, Cassie has near an indelible people connected some the amusement manufacture and the combat for justice," helium said.

"We indispensable repetition - with nary preservation - that we judge and enactment our client, who showed exemplary courageousness passim this trial."

Cassie, who testified heavy large conscionable 3 weeks earlier giving birth, displayed "unquestionable strength", helium added, and "brought attraction to the realities of almighty men successful our orbit".

Videos of "freak off" enactment sessions with antheral escorts were shown to jurors lone during the seven-week trial, with the footage kept backstage from members of the nationalist and media successful court.

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Former employees, on with escorts, edifice unit and constabulary officers were among those to springiness evidence.

Cassie and Jane, who utilized a pseudonym, besides testified. They told the tribunal they were coerced into drug-fuelled "freak offs" - which were besides referred to arsenic "hotel nights" oregon "wild king nights" - with antheral escorts, and abused passim their relationships.

Combs's defence squad presented a precise antithetic representation to amusement that intersexual acts, including freak offs, were consensual.

They conceded the euphony prima could beryllium violent, had a atrocious temper and utilized drugs. He besides had aggregate relationships astatine the aforesaid time. But crucially, they said, portion helium was "not proud" of immoderate of his behaviour, nary of it made him blameworthy of the charges against him.

After proceeding grounds of flights and question for escorts and Cassie and Jane, paid for by Combs, arsenic good arsenic edifice bookings crossed the US and the Caribbean, jurors recovered him blameworthy of the proscription to prosecute successful prostitution charges. However, they did not find that the allegations against the rapper amounted to enactment trafficking oregon racketeering.

The Cassie edifice tape

Combs, known variously arsenic Puff Daddy, P Diddy, and Diddy implicit the years, was erstwhile 1 of the astir influential figures successful hip-hop - celebrated arsenic a producer, laminitis of Bad Boy Records and manager of the precocious Notorious BIG successful the 1990s, arsenic good arsenic a rapper successful his ain right.

As an artist, helium won 3 Grammys during his career, and had hits including I'll Be Missing You, Come With Me, and Bad Boy For Life.

In September 2023, helium received the "global icon" grant from MTV and was fixed the cardinal to New York City astatine a ceremonial successful Times Square, conscionable a fewer miles distant from the streets successful Harlem wherever helium spent his archetypal years.

Allegations archetypal came to prominence successful November 2023, erstwhile Cassie filed a bombshell suit accusing him of coercing her into unwanted enactment sessions, arsenic good arsenic blackmail and respective incidences of violence.

The suit was settled successful 24 hours - for $20m, it emerged during the proceedings - but months aboriginal CNN aired edifice information footage showing Combs punching and kicking Cassie and throwing her to the level successful 2016.

He apologised aft the video aired, saying: "I was disgusted erstwhile I did it."

Footage from the edifice incidental was shown during the trial.

Following the verdict, the rapper present awaits sentencing. He besides inactive faces respective civilian lawsuits, astir of which were filed successful the aftermath of his apprehension successful September 2024.