Overview

• A federal jury acquitted Combs of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking but convicted him on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
• Judge Arun Subramanian denied Combs’s post-verdict bail motion, and he remains held at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center.
• Combs is scheduled to be sentenced on October 3, when he could receive up to 20 years in prison for the prostitution convictions.
• Cassie Ventura’s November 2023 civil suit prompted a $20 million settlement and spurred the Department of Justice investigation, and mounting lawsuits and legal fees have eroded his reported $400 million net worth.
• His defense team secured acquittals without calling witnesses by reframing evidence of abuse as non-trafficking violence through targeted cross-examinations.