Diddy found guilty: Federal jury convicts Sean Combs on two counts but escapes most serious charges
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs found guilty of two charges but cleared of sex trafficking
- Sean "Diddy" Combs was found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution but acquitted of more serious racketeering and sex trafficking charges.
- The verdict follows a nearly 10-month federal prosecution accusing the music icon of running a criminal enterprise and coercing victims from 2004 to 2024.
- Jurors heard eight weeks of testimony, including from ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, alleging years of physical and sexual abuse, and drug-fueled "freak offs.”
- The trial also heard testimony from a security guard who said the rapper handed him a paper bag with $100,000 cash inside to conceal a 2016 video of him hitting Ventura.
- Ventura and another complainant described feeling like "sex workers" during these events, but Combs’ defense emphasized text messages that indicated the women expressing support for the sex marathons.