P. Diddy recognized not guilty of sexual traffic and association of criminals, but guilty of transport of people for prostitution purposes

After weeks of testimonies and muscular pleadings, rapper P. Nevertheless, Diddy was found guilty, Wednesday, July 2, of transport of people for prostitution purposes. However, For the most serious offenses which were criticized for him. Moreover, p. diddy recognized not guilty which could have sent him to life in life – sex trafficking and the association of criminals – he was recognized as not guilty.

He was accused of having forced women – including her girlfriend from 2007 to 2018. Furthermore, the singer Cassie, and another former more recent companion who testified under the pseudonym “Jane” – to engage in sexual marathons with prostituted men while he was masturbating or filmed. However, And also to have set up a criminal network. of which he was at the head, to organize these named marathons « freak-offs ».

“It was absolutely no free choice”had repeated in her indictment the prosecutor Christy Slavik. adding that the alleged victims “Were drugged, brushed with oil, exhausted and had pain”. P. Diddy. of his real name Sean Combs, “Did not accept the” no “as a possible answer”she insisted, recalling the control he exercised on his p. diddy recognized not guilty ex-partner Cassie and the paid rents of “Jane”, which has become financially dependent on him.

« Elle [Cassie] has always been free to leave. She had chosen to stay because she was in love with him. that she was in love with her (…)she loves sex and great good doing to her ”had retorted Marc Agnifilo, the rapper’s lawyer.

In fact. the twelve jurors were to decide on the accusations of “racketeering”, namely if Sean Combs led an organization in which his entourage or his employees committed crimes on his behalf. This accusation is liable to life p. diddy recognized not guilty prison. The jurors had to rule on accusations of “sex trafficking” against Cassie, of his real name Casandra Ventura, and “Jane”.

P. Diddy pleaded not guilty to these accusations and chose not to testify, a current defense strategy in the United States. His lawyers do not have to prove the innocence of their client. but rather to sow a reasonable doubt among the members of the jury regarding the accusations of the prosecutors.

P. diddy recognized not guilty

“The accused is not God”

During the trial. his lawyers did everything to p. diddy recognized not guilty discredit the control witnesses with a muscular back-to-be and tried to show that their customer had a lifestyle “Polyamoureux” which does not fall under criminal law. Cassie was thus subjected to a rolling fire of questions. aiming to make her conceded that she participated of her own free will in sexual acts with other men.

“I’m still ready” for a « freak-off »she had written to her companion in 2009. The singer did not dispute. while explaining that she was under the influence of the founder of the Bad Boy Records label whose fortune had been evaluated in 2019 at $ 700 million by Forbes magazine.

Cassie and “Jane” admitted that their respective relationship involved love, but that they p. diddy recognized not guilty were at the same time subject to threats linked to their reputation, their financial situation and their physical integrity.

« Il [P. Diddy] had so far beyond the limits that he could not even see them anymore ”said another prosecutor. Maurene Comey, saying that the rapper felt himself “Untouchable”. “But the accused is not God”she had said to the jurors hoping for a conviction.