Sean “Diddy” Combs’ authorized group is celebrating the rap mogul’s partial acquittal on racketeering and sex-trafficking prices, saying jurors made the proper determination and that the decision is a “main, main step in the proper path.”
Combs’ lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, made the assertion throughout a press convention Wednesday night (July 2) exterior the federal courthouse in Manhattan, the place a jury cleared the rapper earlier within the day of probably the most severe counts he confronted. Combs was convicted solely of interstate prostitution, which carries a much shorter potential jail time period.
Agnifilo stated Combs is “completely harmless” of the costs on which he was acquitted: working a racketeering enterprise and trafficking ladies for marathon intercourse with male escorts.
“That’s not simply me saying that — that’s the verdict of our jury,” Agnifilo informed reporters gathered exterior the courthouse. “Right now is a victory of all victories for Sean Combs and our authorized group.”
The protection lawyer additionally hinted at a attainable attraction of the 2 prostitution counts on which Combs was discovered responsible, which allege that he transported girlfriends and male escorts throughout state strains for drug-fueled intercourse events.
“We’re not practically completed combating. We’re simply getting began,” stated Agnifilo. “Right now was a serious, main step in the proper path, however we combat on and we’re gonna win. We’re not gonna cease till he walks out of jail a free man to his household.”
A big crowd gathered exterior the courthouse after the decision was introduced earlier Wednesday. Supporters may very well be heard cheering for Combs’ protection group through the press convention.
Combs stays in custody, the place he’s been since his arrest 10 months in the past, and can keep till his sentencing listening to. Choose Arun Subramanian rejected Combs’ request for bail following Wednesday’s verdict, saying the music mogul’s admitted historical past of home violence makes him a hazard to society.
The choose has floated an October sentencing date. Combs faces as much as 20 years behind bars, although Choose Subramanian has full discretion and is unlikely to present out the utmost punishment. Courtroom filings estimate that the U.S. Probation Division’s recommended sentence will fall someplace between two and 5 years of imprisonment.