The rapper was acquitted of the positions that exposed him to life imprisonment, but continues to face a possible 20 -year sentence.
Sean “Diddy” combs It was found guilty of two positions linked to Transport of people for prostitution and face up 20 years in prison in the United States. The verdict, issued by a jury in New York, arrived after weeks of hearings in which the complaints against the rapper were evaluated for events that occurred in his “White parties.”
The jury’s decision also acquitted the most serious positions, related to Sex trafficking and conspiracy for organized crimefor those who faced sentences of life imprisonment. In this way, the 55 -year -old artist avoided the sentence for life, although he remains in custody Waiting for the final sentence.
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The defense argued that, after the acquittal of the most severe crimes, combs It should be released immediatelyarguing that The artist’s private plane was in Maui and? I would not violate any of the conditions that the Court could impose. However, the Prosecutor’s Office He rejected that possibility.
Diddy broke after the verdict and celebrated it with his family
In the New York Court Chamber, Sean combs He knelt, bowed his head and covered his face With his hands when he heard that he was acquitted of the most serious charges. The emotion was evident while his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, declared after the hearing: “They have returned my life.”
It was 10:00 in the morning when the 12 jury members communicated The verdict that exonerated him of accusations for sexual trafficking and conspiracy for organized crime, although they confirmed their guilt in minor positions related to prostitution.
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Combs formed a gesture of Prayer with his hands and looked at his 85 -year -old mother and his childrenarticulating an excited “I’m home” while his relatives cheered him in tears.
Before leaving the room, combs He hugged his lawyers and greeted his relatives between cheers of their supporters, although it remains in custody waiting for the next bail audience.
New complaints of sexual abuse complicate Diddy combs
The rapper continues under the judicial focus for new accusations of sexual abuse. A dancer filed a lawsuit stating that, in 2003, when I was 17 years oldCombs lo drugged and forced to have sex during a partyin addition to threatening him to keep silence.
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The complaint was filed at the Federal Court of Manhattan Shortly before the ruling that defined his legal future, reinforcing the judicial pressures facing “Diddy”. The lawyer’s lawyer, Tyrone Blackburnsaid that “It’s time for combs to accounts for decades of abuse.”while the artist’s environment described the complaint as an attempt to extortion and denied the accusations.
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