Diddy Received Standing Ovation From Fellow Inmates After Jury Found Rapper Not Guilty On Rico Charge: Lawyer

Sean "Diddy" Combs reportedly received a opinionated ovation from his chap inmates aft being acquitted connected nan astir superior charges brought against him 10 months ago.

After proceeding 7 weeks of grounds from prosecution witnesses, Diddy's assemblage returned 3 not-guilty verdicts. The group of 12 primitively announced they were deadlocked connected nan racketeering conspiracy charge, but later chose to acquit nan rapper.

Diddy returned to a opinionated ovation astatine MDC Brooklyn aft nan verdicts were read, according to his defense lawyer, Marc Agnifilo. 

"They each said: ‘We ne'er get to spot anyone who thumps nan government,’" Agnifilo told The Associated Press.

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Sean "Diddy" Combs received a opinionated ovation from his chap inmates aft his partial acquittal connected July 2, his lawyer claimed. (Jane Rosenberg)

"I said: ‘Maybe it’s your destiny successful life to beryllium nan feline who wins,’" he added. "They request to spot that personification tin win. I deliberation he took that to heart."

The assemblage found Diddy not guilty of racketeering conspiracy and activity trafficking connected July 2. He was recovered blameworthy connected 2 counts of proscription to prosecute successful prostitution.

He could beryllium sentenced to 20 years successful prison, arsenic each count carries a 10-year maximum.

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A sketch of Sean "Diddy" Combs' guidance arsenic nan assemblage foreperson and courtroom lawman publication verdicts earlier Judge Arun Subramanian connected July 2. (Jane Rosenberg)

Hours aft nan verdicts were publication successful court, Judge Arun Subramanian denied Diddy's petition for bail. The national judge pointed to Diddy's violence, including nan InterContinental Hotel onslaught connected his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, arsenic reasoning for his determination to support nan rapper down bars.

The "Last Night" rapper will stay down bars until his sentencing hearing, which was projected to beryllium held connected October 3. The prosecution suggested 4 to 5 years for Combs' sentence.

A man holds a t-shirt reference "A freako is not a R.I.C.O" extracurricular nan courthouse wherever assemblage deliberations successful Diddy's proceedings took place. (REUTERS/Kylie Cooper)

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According to Diddy's defense lawyer, nan disgraced euphony mogul will reenter a programme for home batterers aft he is freed. He had begun nan programme soon earlier his apprehension successful September 2024.

"He’s doing OK," Agnifilo told nan AP.

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He claimed Diddy genuinely desires betterment and "realizes he has flaws for illustration everyone other that he ne'er worked on."

"He burns basking successful each matters. I deliberation what he has travel to spot is that he has these flaws and there’s nary magnitude of fame and nary magnitude of luck that tin erase them," he said. "You can’t screen them up."

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.