Hip-hop mogul, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been acquitted on racketeering charges.
However, he was found guilty of two of the five charges.
On count one of the five-count indictment – racketeering conspiracy – the jury found Combs not guilty.
On count two – s£x trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, pertaining to Cassie Ventura – the jury found Combs not guilty.
On count three – transportation to engage in pr0stitution, also pertaining to Ventura – the jury found Combs guilty.
On count four – s£x trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, pertaining to the woman identified by the pseudonym “Jane” – the jury found Combs not guilty.
On count five of the indictment – transportation to engage in pr0stitution, also pertaining to “Jane” – the jury found Combs guilty.
Combs faces a maximum prison sentence of 10 years for each count of transportation to engage in pr0stitution.
Following six weeks of testimony presided over by U.S. District Court Judge Arun Subramanian that saw the prosecution present 34 witnesses and the defense present none, the jury of eight men and four women deliberated just over two days before reaching their verdicts.
U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian said he will decide whether Combs get released today. He said that the decision might take some time including giving the lawyers time to write letters arguing for and against release, but that it will happen sometime today. Prosecutors asked for a “few hours.”
Comey said the government plans to pursue “significant incarceration” for Combs.
Combs was initially indicted in September 2024 on charges of racketeering, s£x trafficking by force and transportation to engage in pr0stitution.
A superseding indictment in March 2025 included additional allegations of forced labor under the racketeering conspiracy count, while another superseding indictment the following month added an additional charge of s£x trafficking and one of transportation to engage in pr0stitution.
Federal prosecutors accused Combs of using his many businesses, and the people he employed to run them, to conduct a criminal enterprise to illegally coerce women into s3x and conceal his alleged illicit conduct to protect his reputation. The alleged activities included “s£x trafficking, forced labor, interstate transportation for purposes of pr0stitution, coercion and enticement to engage in pr0stitution, narcotics offenses, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice,” according to the indictment.
In addition to the racketeering charge, the indictment also included two separate counts each of s£x trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution, both involving two alleged victims.
The prosecution called 34 witnesses over six weeks of testimony, beginning with Combs’ former girlfriend Cassie Ventura, whom Combs was seen physically assaulting in a widely circulated hotel surveillance video from 2016.
Other witnesses included two alleged Combs victims who testified under the pseudonyms “Mia” and “Jane,” as well as two male escorts to testified that they were paid to participate in so-called “freak-off” s3xual encounters with Combs, Ventura, and other alleged victims.
The jury also heard from witnesses to alleged abuse and s£xual acts, and a forensic psychologist who testified regarding why people often remain in abusive relationships.
One of the most high-profile prosecution witnesses was Scott Mescudi, aka rapper Kid Cudi, who testified that he was told Combs allegedly broke into his home and had someone set his car on fire after learning that he was dating Cassie Ventura. Combs previously denied any involvement in the car fire.
