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Sean "Diddy" Combs has been recovered blameworthy of proscription to prosecute successful prostitution pursuing a landmark proceedings successful New York.
However, helium was recovered not blameworthy of much superior charges of enactment trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.
The 55-year-old 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.
Combs present faces up to 10 years successful situation aft being recovered blameworthy of transporting antheral escorts for enactment sessions with erstwhile girlfriends.
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.
Former employees, on with escorts, edifice unit and constabulary officers were among those to springiness evidence.
Cassie, who was heavy large astatine the time, on with different erstwhile girlfriend, who utilized the pseudonym Jane, 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 painted a precise antithetic representation successful their attempts to amusement that each 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 person recovered him blameworthy of the proscription to prosecute successful prostitution charge. However, they agreed with the defence that the allegations against the rapper did not magnitude to sex-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, his woman from 2007 to 2018, 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.
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