Since Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested in September of final 12 months, headlines have been flooded with RICO expenses, accusations of abusive habits, and child oil. Protection has been star studded: Tony Buzbee accused Jay-Z of playing a part in the freakoffs, Cassie and Child Cudi gave testimony within the courtroom, and Brian Steel joined Combs’s legal team after Anthony Ricco quit for reasons he refused to share. He was charged with some very critical crimes that might, had been he discovered responsible, have him spending the remainder of his life behind bars. Right now, the jury returned a verdict on the 5 expenses he was ultimately tried for. Whereas he will likely be going someplace (and that someplace seems to be jail), the Dangerous Boy for all times managed to keep away from a life sentence. Washington Post has protection:
Sean “Diddy” Combs and his household had been jubilant Wednesday after a jury acquitted the music producer of probably the most critical expenses in opposition to him: intercourse trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. However the jury discovered Combs responsible of two prostitution-related expenses that might carry years of jail time, and it was not instantly clear if he will likely be free of jail whereas he awaits sentencing.
The responses to Diddy beating the intercourse trafficking and RICO expenses have ranged from real questions on why some expenses caught and others didn’t:
Decrees of triumph:
And folks — I’m not making this up — pouring child oil over one another to have fun:
And whereas the fees that caught might see Combs dealing with upwards of 20 years, people are already speculating on how that point could possibly be lowered or pardoned:
And contemplating that many speaking heads coated the Diddy trial as if he had been useless to rights:
Knocking off three of the 5 main expenses in opposition to Diddy will likely be an (notorious) feather in Brian Metal’s cap for years to come back:
Sean Combs partially acquitted in sex-trafficking case, avoids life sentence [Washington Post]
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