Reverse for the metoo movement. Despite the images of violence and the testimonies of cruelty, the rap magnate Sean Combs, known as P. Diddy, was acquitted on Wednesday July 2, by a federal court of New York of the charges of sexual traffic brought against him by the prosecutor of Manhattan on the faith of the testimony of two of her former companions, including the singer Casandra Ventura.
The powerful producer, whose parties were run in the world of show, from New York to Hollywood, also escaped the heaviest accusation, that of criminal association, which could have asserted him life prison. He was only sentenced to two of the five counts, concerning the transport of people with a view to prostitution.
The fall of “Diddy” had fascinated the entertainment community, paralyzed as the world of cinema and politics had been ten years earlier by that of the film producer Harvey Weinstein, another familiar with red carpets. Before reading the verdict, the rapper turned to his family, including his son, King, and his mother, Janice, seated in the front row, and invited them to pray. According to the drawings made at the hearing – the cameras are not admitted in a federal trial – he wore an ordinary “civil” outfit, after having obtained the right to evade the orange uniform of the prisoners. He expressed his relief of a gesture of the hands joined in the direction of the sky – and the judge Arun subramanian. “This jury returned his life to Mr. Combross”welcomed Marc Agnifilo, the team leader of his eight lawyers.
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