Diddy Found Guilty on Four Counts, Hung Jury on Rico
The jury has delivered its verdict in the federal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs: guilty on four sex trafficking-related charges, with no agreement reached on the most serious charge—racketeering conspiracy. The judge declared a mistrial on Count 1, leaving the door open for federal prosecutors to retry that charge later.
Pugs Moran breaks down the moment the verdict was read: Diddy, dressed in all white and surrounded by his all-black-clad defense team, looked visibly shaken as the mandatory 15-year minimums for each conviction sank in. While the hung jury on the Rico count offers a sliver of ambiguity, the four convictions carry devastating consequences—and make clear the jury rejected the defense’s version of events.
The courtroom tension was thick, but the message was blunt. Despite early predictions of an acquittal, the panel didn’t buy it. Whether it was the witness testimony, the weight of the accusations, or the lasting impact of that Cassie hotel video, jurors came back with a clear majority view: this was no smear campaign.
With sentencing ahead and a possible retrial on the Rico charge still looming, this saga is far from over—but for Diddy, today’s verdict changes everything.
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