NEW YORK (AP) – Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted Wednesday of a prostitution-related offense but acquitted of more serious counts that could have put him behind bars for life, drawing divided reactions by his fellow celebrities.
50 Cent, Aubrey O’Day and more react to the verdict in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK (AP) – Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted Wednesday of a prostitution-related offense but acquitted of more serious counts that could have put him behind bars for life, drawing divided reactions by his fellow celebrities.
The jury found the music mogul guilty of two prostitution-related counts under the Mann Act, for transportation of star witness Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and a woman using the pseudonym Jane, but acquitted him of trafficking them for sex by using force, fraud or coercion.
They also acquitted him of a racketeering conspiracy charge under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, as Cassie has.