Diddy‘s son King Combs spoke with the press exterior the courthouse after his father was acquitted of three of 5 prices towards him, and he’s celebrating the mixed verdict.
ABC 7 caught up with him as he celebrated whereas enjoying his new music “Diddy Free” from his just lately launched EP Never Stop, which is govt produced by Ye (previously Kanye West), and expressed happiness and gratitude to reporters. “We love y’all. We love all people watching. I’m so completely happy,” Combs stated. “Pops coming house. God bless the entire world.”
On Wednesday (July 2), Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted on two counts of unlawful prostitution and is going through a most of 20 years, whereas being acquitted of extra severe sex-trafficking and racketeering prices that might’ve put him behinds bars for 15 years to life, with the jury deliberating for 2 days after a trial that lasted seven weeks.
Diddy was taken into custody on Sept. 16, 2024 and was denied bail after pleading not responsible to prices that included intercourse trafficking and racketeering. This whole ordeal began when his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura filed a lawsuit claiming that the fallen mogul abused her for years. In a statement to Billboard, her lawyer Douglas H. Wigdor, commending her braveness for coming ahead. “This complete legal course of began when our shopper Cassie Ventura had the braveness to file her civil grievance in November 2023,” he stated. “Though the jury didn’t discover Combs responsible of intercourse trafficking Cassie past an inexpensive doubt, she paved the way in which for a jury to search out him responsible of transportation to have interaction in prostitution. By coming ahead together with her expertise, Cassie has left an indelible mark on each the leisure trade and the battle for justice.”
Diddy and his attorneys will greater than possible file an attraction as soon as his sentence is finalized. For now, he’s been denied bail and can stay behind bars till his sentencing.