Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs awaits bail resolution at 5pm ET
Whereas we await the 5pm ET bail listening to, a quick recap.
Combs has been cleared of sex-trafficking and racketeering costs that might have put him behind bars for all times however discovered responsible of lesser prostitution-related offenses.
The decision is a blow to prosecutors who mentioned the music mogul used “violence and worry” to abuse girls, and general a win for the disgraced star.
The 12-member jury unanimously convicted him on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution, however acquitted Combs of racketeering conspiracy and two counts of intercourse trafficking two of his former romantic companions – Cassie and a lady recognized in courtroom as “Jane”.
Share
Up to date at 16.32 EDT
Key occasions
Present key occasions solely
Please activate JavaScript to make use of this function
Anna Betts
Outdoors the courthouse there are over 100 members of the press awaiting the bail listening to. There are additionally a number of dozen supporters of Combs.
Share
You possibly can learn the letter right here.
Share
CNN has extra particulars on the protection’s bail request which proposes a set of circumstances beneath which Combs can be launched whereas awaiting sentencing.
The letter submitted by Combs’ protection staff to the choose argues that, since he faces a lighter sentence than he would have if he had been convicted of the extra severe counts, he ought to be launched with circumstances.
It proposes:
A $1m bond, co-signed by Combs, his mom, sister and the mom of his oldest daughter;
Combs’ journey be restricted to components of Florida, California, New York and New Jersey. (Combs has properties in Florida and California, and the latter two states would cowl visits with attorneys and attendance in courtroom);
The give up of Combs’ passport;
Drug testing by pretrial providers;
“All different normal circumstances of pretrial supervision.”
Share
With about half-hour to go, some footage are coming by on the wires of members of Combs’ household returning to the courthouse.
Quincy Brown, son of Sean Combs, arrives at Manhattan’s federal courtroom. {Photograph}: Erik Pendzich/ShutterstockSean Combs’ son King Combs and his girlfriend Raven Tracy arrive on the courtroom. {Photograph}: Erik Pendzich/ShutterstockD’Lila Star Combs, Combs’ daughter, arrives at Manhattan’s federal courtroom. {Photograph}: Erik Pendzich/ShutterstockSarah Chapman, the mom of considered one of Combs’ youngsters, arrives on the courtroom. {Photograph}: Erik Pendzich/ShutterstockShare
Up to date at 16.36 EDT
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs awaits bail resolution at 5pm ET
Whereas we await the 5pm ET bail listening to, a quick recap.
Combs has been cleared of sex-trafficking and racketeering costs that might have put him behind bars for all times however discovered responsible of lesser prostitution-related offenses.
The decision is a blow to prosecutors who mentioned the music mogul used “violence and worry” to abuse girls, and general a win for the disgraced star.
The 12-member jury unanimously convicted him on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution, however acquitted Combs of racketeering conspiracy and two counts of intercourse trafficking two of his former romantic companions – Cassie and a lady recognized in courtroom as “Jane”.
Share
Up to date at 16.32 EDT
Outdoors the courthouse, dozens of Combs’s supporters are nonetheless taking part in music and awaiting the 5pm ET bail listening to.
Share
In a letter to the choose, the prosecution says that the sentencing pointers vary from 51 to 63 months in jail, which is between 4 and 5 years, regardless of beforehand saying that they’d be searching for the utmost 20 years.
“Primarily based solely on the preliminary calculations set forth above, the defendant’s pointers vary is at the least 51 to 63 months’ imprisonment,” the letter, which is arguing that he shouldn’t be launched on bail, reads.
Share
Up to date at 14.45 EDT
Anna Betts
The lawyer representing Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, the federal government’s key witness on this case and Combs’s former girlfriend, has submitted a letter to the courtroom opposing that Combs be launched on bail.
“Ms Ventura believes that Mr. Combs is more likely to pose a hazard to the victims who testified on this case, together with herself, in addition to to the neighborhood,” the letter reads.
Share
Up to date at 14.45 EDT
Abstract of the day to date
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been acquitted of racketeering and intercourse trafficking however discovered responsible of two lesser counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution regarding Casandra Ventura and a lady named solely as “Jane”.
Here’s a abstract of the important thing moments of the day:
A jury of eight males and 4 girls returned their verdict on all 5 counts within the case on Wednesday, after being informed to maintain deliberating following a partial verdict on Tuesday.
They discovered Combs NOT GUILTY of racketeering conspiracy; NOT GUILTY of the intercourse trafficking of Casandra Ventura; NOT GUILTY of the intercourse trafficking of “Jane”; GUILTY of the transportation to have interaction in prostitution, associated to Casandra Ventura and GUILTY of the transportation to have interaction in prostitution associated to “Jane”.
Combs faces as much as 20 years in jail for the 2 costs he’s been convicted of. The prosecution mentioned it will search the utmost sentence. Every rely carries as much as 10 years.
The protection has requested the courtroom that Combs be launched from federal detention after being held since September 2024.
Household and followers of the music mogul embraced within the courtroom. One good friend mentioned the decision moved him to tears.
Combs himself was seen kneeling on the bottom together with his head and arms on his seat after the decision. “I’m gonna be dwelling quickly,” Combs mentioned, smiling and clasping his fingers. “I like you. Thanks, I like you.”
The streets exterior the courtroom in decrease Manhattan have been filled with supporters and critics of the star. NYPD officers put up barricades as the gang was anticipated to continue to grow all through the day.
The choose, Arun Subramanian, adjourned courtroom till 5pm ET whereas he decides whether or not to launch Combs on bail. There is no such thing as a date but for sentencing.
The legal professional for Cassie Ventura, Doug Wigdor, mentioned exterior the courthouse that his staff is happy that Sean “Diddy” Combs has “lastly been held accountable”. “After all, we’d have preferred to have seen a conviction on the intercourse crimes and Rico, however we perceive that ‘past an affordable doubt’ is a excessive normal,” he mentioned. “We’re simply happy he nonetheless faces substantial jail time.”
Share
Up to date at 15.13 EDT
The choose has paused proceedings for the following three hours and informed the events to reconvene at 5pm ET.
Share
Right here’s extra from the letter as we await the choose’s ruling on whether or not to launch Combs:
Since his arrest and detention on September 17, 2024, Mr Combs has obeyed the courtroom, revered these processings and demonstrated mannequin habits on the [court].
And as we speak the jury unambiguously rejected the federal government’s allegations that Mr Combs ran a years-long prison enterprise or engaged in intercourse trafficking – the core of the federal government’s case.
Mr Combs stands convicted of two Mann Act counts, and his sentencing publicity is considerably decrease than when the federal government initially sought detention.
The courtroom ought to launch Mr Combs on the proposed circumstances.
Share
Up to date at 14.32 EDT
Letter arguing for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to get bail launched
The choose earlier gave the defence and prosecution a 1pm ET deadline to submit letters arguing their case on whether or not to launch Combs on bail or not.
The six-page lawyer from Combs’s defence staff has simply been docketed. In it, the music mogul’s staff argue that detaining Combs additional can be “inappropriate”, citing “the jury’s clear verdict acquitting Mr Combs of the Rico conspiracy and sex-trafficking counts”.
Share
Up to date at 14.33 EDT
Sean “Diddy” Combs’s shut good friend Charlie Lucci spoke to reporters exterior courtroom and informed them he cried on the verdict and that jurors “acquired it proper”.
Lucci mentioned: “Everyone’s simply comfortable that the jury’s acquired it proper. It restores religion again into the justice system.”
Share
Sean “Diddy” Combs dropped to his knees after the decision was introduced, courtroom sketches recommend.
The artist impressions present Combs placing his head on his chair and searching emotional. Different photos present Combs placing his fingers in prayer whereas trying up in addition to main his household in a prayer earlier than the decision was learn out.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs on his knees together with his head on his chair within the courtroom. {Photograph}: Jane Rosenberg/ReutersCombs makes prayer gesture in courtroom. {Photograph}: Elizabeth Williams/APCombs leads household in prayer. {Photograph}: Elizabeth Williams/APShare
