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Prayers and Fist Pumps: How Sean Combs Reacted to Not Guilty Verdicts

Sean Combs pumped his fist and prayed with his family after being acquitted on racketeering and sex trafficking charges after a blockbuster trial.

Upon returning to the courtroom after the jury filed their notice, Combs looked happy and confident as he read from a printout of Psalm 11, which ends with the lines, “For the Lord is righteous/He loves justice/the upright will see his face.” His family, meanwhile, sat nervously behind him on the edge of their seats. Despite the mixed verdict, Combs could still face prison time on the two prostitution convictions, with each Mann Act violation carrying a sentence of up to 10 years. At one point, before the government and defense argued over his release, Combs turned to his family, dropped to his knees, and began to pray once more, elbows on the chair where he’d been sitting for the past eight weeks.

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