VERDICT IN: DIDDY GUILTY ON PROSTITUTION — ACQUITTED ON SEX-TRAFFICKING AND RACKETEERING CHARGES
BREAKING NEWS
It’s the verdict that has Hollywood, hip-hop, and high society gasping: Sean “Diddy” Combs has been found guilty on two federal counts of transporting women for prostitution — but was acquitted of the explosive charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.
After an eight-week trial that exposed disturbing details of drug-fueled sex marathons, coerced encounters, and celebrity silence, the federal jury delivered its mixed verdict in Manhattan Wednesday morning.
The Bad Boy mogul now faces a maximum of 10 years behind bars under the federal Mann Act — but he was staring down a possible life sentence had the jury convicted on the more serious trafficking and criminal enterprise charges.
Sources inside the courtroom tell #ShuterScoop that Diddy, 55, exhaled deeply, placed his hands together in prayer, and mouthed “thank you, thank you” toward the jury as the not-guilty counts were read. He pumped his fist, nodded to his legal team, and turned to lock eyes with his mother, Janice Combs, who was visibly emotional in the front row.
“I told you. I told you. Thank God,” he whispered, pulling his lead attorney into a hug. His team broke into tight smiles — not quite a celebration, but clearly a sigh of relief.
Here’s the breakdown:
GUILTY on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution — one tied to Cassie Ventura, the other to “Jane.”
NOT GUILTY on two counts of sex trafficking.
NOT GUILTY on racketeering conspiracy, the charge that painted him as the mastermind of a sex-fueled criminal empire.
The verdict stunned even courtroom insiders. “It’s a win for Diddy — but don’t mistake this for innocence,” one legal source tells #ShuterScoop. “He’s still a convicted felon. And more lawsuits are coming.”
Throughout the trial, prosecutors argued Diddy used money, violence, and psychological control to manipulate women into sexually explicit situations — all while his inner circle enabled the abuse. His defense team admitted to “drug use” and “bad behavior,” but slammed the trafficking allegations as “exaggerated fiction.”
Still, those two guilty counts stick — and insiders say sentencing could expose even more names connected to Diddy’s disturbing double life.
The world watched as a music icon stood trial. And now, even in partial defeat, Diddy walks away bruised — but not broken.
Stay tuned to #ShuterScoop — the fallout has just begun.