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Jury reaches verdict on 4 of 5 counts in Diddy trial, judge indicates they'll keep deliberating
The jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial said Tuesday that it has reached a verdict on four of five counts against the hip-hop mogul and was unable to reach a decision on the top charge, racketeering conspiracy.
When jurors first left the room to begin deliberating on Monday, Combs sat for a while slumped in his chair at the defense table before standing and turning toward three rows of spectators packed with his family and friends. Cassie, he said, “basically tried to convince me that it was OK, it’s OK. I’m fine, I’ll be OK."Phillip and Cassie were among the first witnesses who testified when the trial began last month.The jury’s testimony request came soon after Combs' lawyers and prosecutors began the day haggling with Judge Arun Subramanian over a jury question left over from the end of the first day of deliberations on Monday.Jurors wanted clarification about what qualifies as drug distribution, an aspect of the racketeering conspiracy charge that will help determine whether Combs can be convicted or exonerated on the count.Subramanian said he would remind jurors of the instructions he gave them on that part of the case before they started deliberating on Monday. After they finished, they together applauded, and so did Combs, still clapping as he turned back toward the front of the room.Combs also showed off two books he’s reading: “The Power of Positive Thinking” by Norman Vincent Peale and “The Happiness Advantage” by Shawn Achor.Barely an hour into deliberations, the jury foreperson sent a note to the judge, complaining that there was one juror “who we are concerned cannot follow your Honor’s instructions.
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