July 2, 2025

"GUILTY BUT NOT GUILTY: Diddy's Shocking Split Verdict Stuns Courtroom"

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BREAKING: Sean "Diddy" Combs convicted on prostitution charges but ACQUITTED on life sentence counts in stunning jury decision that nobody saw coming. After three days of chaotic deliberations featuring rogue jurors and courtroom meltdowns, the verdict delivered maximum shock value: guilty of transporting women for prostitution but NOT GUILTY of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. Prosecutors sought life imprisonment but got 20 years max instead. Reid Carter breaks down how the defense pulled off this legal miracle, why the jury rejected the "criminal enterprise" theory, and what this bombshell verdict means for hip-hop's most controversial trial.

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Caalarogus Shark Media. Good morning, I'm read Carter with breaking

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news from celebrity trials. The verdict is in. After three

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days of deliberations marked by chaos, dysfunction, and a hung

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jury on the most serious charge, Sean Diddy Combs has

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been found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage

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in prostitution. But in a stunning turn that nobody saw coming,

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the jury has acquitted him on all the charges that

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could have sent him to prison for life. Let me

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break this down for you, because this verdict is absolutely shocking.

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The jury found Combs not guilty of racketeering conspiracy, not

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guilty of the sex trafficking of Cassandra Ventura, not guilty

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of the sex trafficking of Jane, but guilty of transportation

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to engage in prostitution related to both Cassandra Ventura and Jane.

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This is not the outcome anyone predicted. After six weeks

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of devastating tech testimony, explicit videos, and what prosecutors called

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overwhelming evidence of a criminal enterprise, this jury looked at

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the government's case and said, we believe crimes were committed,

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but not the ones you're trying to prove. Given what

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the jury has found Combs guilty of, he faces a

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maximum of twenty years behind bars. That's a far cry

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from the life sentenced prosecutors were seeking on the racketeering

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and sex trafficking charges. What this verdict tells us is

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that the jury bought the defense's core argument that Sean

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Combs was not running a criminal enterprise and that the

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encounters with Cassie, Ventura and Jane were not forced through coercion,

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but were instead commercial transactions that crossed state lines. The

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transportation charges essentially mean the jury found that Combs arranged

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for these women to travel across state lines for commercial

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sex acts, but by acquitting on sex trafficking, they're saying

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there wasn't enough evidence of force, fraud, or coercion to

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meet that higher legal standard. Judge Aarons Subramanian thanked the

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jurors for their sacrifice, telling them, I want you to

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know that it is inspiring to all of us. You listened,

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you worked together, you were here every day, rain or shine.

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This mixed verdict represents a massive victory for Mark Agnifilo

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and the defense team. They successfully convinced this jury that

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the government overcharged this case. That they turned a powerful

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man's unconventional lifestyle into a federal conspiracy that simply didn't exist.

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For the prosecution, this has to be devastating. They brought

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their biggest case, with their strongest evidence, and a Manhattan

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federal jury essentially told them not proven. The acquittals on

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racketeering and sex trafficking are complete rejections of the government's

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theory of this case. Sean Combs walked into this trial

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facing the possibility of dying in federal prison. He's walking

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out with a maximum of twenty eight and the very

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real possibility of serving significantly less time than that. We'll

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be back later today with full analysis of this verdict,

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reaction from legal experts, and what this means for the

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dozens of civil cases still pending against Sean Combs. This

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is not the ending anyone expected to this trial, and

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will break down exactly how we got here. For now,

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this is read Carter with celebrity trials. Justice has been served,

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but not in the way anyone predicted. Stay tuned