Overview

• A federal jury in Manhattan cleared Combs of racketeering conspiracy and both sex trafficking counts but convicted him of two counts of interstate transportation for prostitution.
• After roughly 13 hours of deliberations over three days, jurors delivered the split verdict on July 2 in Combs’s eight-week trial.
• Each transportation count carries up to 10 years behind bars, enabling a maximum sentence of 20 years when served consecutively.
• Combs has remained detained without bail since his September arrest, and his lawyers have now filed a motion seeking his interim release pending sentencing.
• Observers say the outcome underscores legal questions about the application of historic statutes like RICO and the Mann Act to allegations involving consenting adults.