Overview

• Jury acquitted Combs of racketeering conspiracy and both sex-trafficking counts but found him guilty on two counts of transporting women for prostitution.
• After reporting a 6–6 split on the racketeering charge, jurors resumed deliberations and delivered the full verdict on July 2.
• Prosecutors relied on seven weeks of testimony and security footage depicting alleged abuse during drug-fueled “freak-off” parties organized by Combs.
• Judge Arun Subramanian denied bail post-verdict, citing the seriousness of the Mann Act convictions and Combs’s potential risk if released.
• Combs remains held at a Brooklyn detention center and faces a maximum sentence of 20 years when he is sentenced in October.