{"id":34184,"date":"2025-07-03T02:41:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T02:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/34184\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T02:41:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T02:41:19","slug":"let-puffy-go-outside-court-sean-diddy-combs-supporters-hail-verdict-sean-diddy-combs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/34184\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Let Puffy go\u2019: outside court, Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs supporters hail verdict | Sean \u2018Diddy\u2018 Combs"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the jury returned a mixed verdict in the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs, supporters of the 55-year-old music mogul gathered outside the courthouse on Wednesday in celebration.<\/p>\n

Combs was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and not guilty of two counts of sex trafficking and a count of racketeering conspiracy.<\/p>\n

The verdict, delivered by a jury of eight men and four women, is seen by many legal experts as the best outcome Combs could have hoped for outside of a full acquittal.<\/p>\n

Outside the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, dozens of Combs\u2019s supporters gathered after the verdict was delivered. Many chanted his name and cheered as several members of his family exited the building following the announcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet Puffy go!\u201d some supporters chanted, putting heir fists in the air. \u201cNot guilty!\u201d others shouted.<\/p>\n

Music filled the air as supporters played Diddy Free, a track released during closing arguments on Friday by one of Combs\u2019s sons, King Combs, and Ye, formerly Kanye West, who briefly came to support Combs in court during the trial.<\/p>\n

The crowd outside the courthouse danced and celebrated, with some handing out bottles of baby oil and lathering themselves in it. Baby oil played a prominent role in this trial; many witnesses testified that Combs used copious amounts of baby oil during his drug-fueled sex marathons referred to as \u201cfreak-offs\u201d. Additionally, large amounts of baby oil were found at Combs\u2019s home during federal raids.<\/p>\n

By early afternoon, as the crowd outside the courthouse began to grow, the New York<\/a> police department increased their presence outside the courthouse.<\/p>\n

One supporter was seen holding a Sean John T-shirt, a company created by Combs, while others wore T-shirts that read \u201cFreako is not a Rico\u201d.<\/p>\n

But while Combs\u2019s supporters celebrated, organizations that support victims of sexual abuse and domestic said they were disappointed in the verdict.<\/p>\n

UltraViolet, a women\u2019s rights organization that held a demonstration last week outside of the trial in support of sexual assault survivors<\/a>, said in a statement that the verdict on Wednesday was \u201ca decisive moment for our justice system, one which threatens to undo the sacrifice of courageous survivors who stepped forward to share their stories in this trial, as well as to all those abused by Diddy who weren\u2019t able to\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s verdict is not just a stain on a criminal justice system that for decades has failed to hold accountable abusers like Diddy, it\u2019s also an indictment of a culture in which not believing women and victims of sexual assault remains endemic,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n

More than 50 members of the media were also gathered outside the courthouse to cover the verdict and its aftermath.<\/p>\n

\"SupportersSupporters and critics claim victory as Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs denied bail after mixed verdict \u2013 video<\/p>\n

The attorney for Combs\u2019s former girlfriend and the star government witness in the case \u2013 Casandra \u201cCassie\u201d Ventura \u2013 told reporters outside the courthouse that his team is pleased that Combs has \u201cfinally been held accountable\u201d but added that \u201cof course, we would have liked to have seen a conviction on the sex crimes and Rico, but we understand that \u2018beyond a reasonable doubt\u2019 is a high standard\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just pleased he still faces substantial jail time,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Combs had pleaded not guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy, two counts of sex trafficking, and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.<\/p>\n

The jury found him guilty of the transportation to engage in prostitution counts, which each carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n

Since his arrest last September, Combs has remained incarcerated without bail in a federal detention facility in Brooklyn. He has a bail hearing that is scheduled for 5pm ET on Wednesday to determine if he will remain in custody or whether he will be released.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope he gets released today!\u201d one supporter yelled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the jury returned a mixed verdict in the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,50,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-34184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114786997793962145","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}