P. Diddy trials
P. Diddy is recognized as not guilty of sexual traffic and association of criminals
The rapper was acquitted on Wednesday of the two most important accusations brought against him, but found guilty of transport of people for prostitution purposes.
A representative of the twelve jurors announced this verdict after deliberations on Wednesday morning at the Manhattan Criminal Court (archive image).
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The hip-hop magnate P. Diddy Wednesday was acquitted on Wednesday of sexual traffic and association of criminals, the most important accusations brought against him, but found guilty of transport of people for prostitution purposes, after a hypermediatal trial in New York.
After weeks of muscular testimonies and pleadings, the twelve jurors had started to deliberate on Monday and agreed on Tuesday on verdicts for four of the five charges, before getting along on Wednesday morning on the last chief.
P. Diddy was recognized as not guilty of sexual traffic and above all an association of criminals, a crime liable to life prison, but guilty of transporting people for prostitution, which implies the displacement from one person to another according to American law.
Possibly released subject
“You listened to, you worked together, you were there every day, that it rains or that it is beautiful. You did it without any other reward than to respond to the call of the public service. This should give us all hope, “Judé Arun Subramanian told jurors, who will still have to rule on the rapper’s sentence.
In the wake of this decision, his lawyer Marc Agnifilo asked that the singer and producer could be released under condition because the absolut of the most important charges.
Shortly before the decision of the jury, P. Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs, had prayed in court by looking at members of his family on the spot. “God, please, watch over my family,” he said.
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