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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering, convicted of prostitution offense

Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted of a prostitution-related offense but found not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put him behind bars for life.

The verdict came as the jury faced the prospect of coming into court Thursday, while the courthouse is otherwise closed, or waiting until after the long Independence Day weekend to resume deliberating if they didn’t have a decision Wednesday. Combs was convicted of flying people around the country, including his girlfriends and paid male sex workers, to engage in sexual encounters, a felony violation of the federal Mann Act. Share Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted of prostitution-related offenses but acquitted Wednesday of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put one of hip-hop’s most celebrated figures behind bars for life.

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