2 months ago
8
Editor’s Note: This communicative contains discussions of rape oregon intersexual battle that whitethorn beryllium disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize has been sexually assaulted, you tin find assistance and discreet resources connected the National Sexual Assault Hotline website oregon by calling 1-800-656-4673.
(NewsNation) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has been recovered not blameworthy of enactment trafficking and racketeering but convicted for 2 counts of proscription for prostitution.
Combs has been convicted of charges related to transporting of his erstwhile girlfriends Casandra "Cassie" Ventura and a pistillate who testified nether the pseudonym "Jane" successful tribunal successful his national enactment crimes trial.
Ventura's attorney, Douglas Wigdor, provided a connection to NewsNation, "This full transgression process started erstwhile our lawsuit Cassie Ventura had the courageousness to record her civilian ailment successful November 2023. Although the assemblage did not find Combs blameworthy of enactment trafficking Cassie beyond a tenable doubt, she paved the mode for a assemblage to find him blameworthy of proscription to prosecute successful prostitution.
Wigdor continued that Ventura near " an indelible people connected some the amusement manufacture and the combat for justice."
"We indispensable repetition – with nary preservation – that we judge and enactment our lawsuit who showed exemplary courageousness passim this trial. She displayed unquestionable spot and brought attraction to the realities of almighty men successful our orbit and the misconduct that has persisted for decades without repercussion. This lawsuit proved that alteration is agelong overdue, and we volition proceed to combat connected behalf of survivors."
Dawn Richard's attorney: Diddy a 'violent bully'
Lisa Bloom, a victims’ rights lawyer representing erstwhile Danity Kane member, Dawn Richard, who served arsenic a authorities witnesser told NewsNation instantly aft the Combs verdict was reached connected Wednesday, that it is "a shocking result against a convulsive bully. I volition lone enactment harder for the 2 Diddy accusers I correspond with antithetic civilian charges against him."
Arick Fudali, who works with The Bloom Firm, told NewsNation, “We are surely disappointed that the authorities could not beryllium their superior claims beyond a tenable doubt. While this is the extremity of the transgression lawsuit against for the government, this is conscionable the opening for our clients successful their civilian cases, which are antithetic than the transgression case. We mean to combat for justness against this convulsive idiosyncratic and volition not backmost down. I anticipation this is not a deterrent to different victims who are presently suffering successful soundlessness to basal up and travel guardant against their alleged abusers.”
Tamara Holder, a Chicago-based women’s rights and intersexual maltreatment attorney, spoke to NewsNation who explaining that the "Mann Act is the weakest number - helium took the girlfriends crossed authorities lines, hence a national charge. Sentencing is going to beryllium interesting. He tin beryllium sentenced to up to 10 years, but this was a large nonaccomplishment for the prosecution, truthful helium whitethorn get a deterred condemnation if the sentencing guidelines let for it. Epic nonaccomplishment for the government."
Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey said successful tribunal that “Mr. Agnifilo [Combs' lawyer] tried to downplay the significance” regarding the charges, “but the grounds says otherwise."
Combs' household applauded successful the courtroom aft the verdict was reached.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
