Sean Combs Acquitted of Most Serious Charges, Guilty of Prostitution Offenses

Sean “Diddy” Combs was acquitted Wednesday on the top charges of racketeering and sex trafficking and convicted only of the lesser charges of transporting prostitutes, but the judge denied his application to leave federal custody ahead of sentencing.

The verdict means Combs escaped the possibility of a life sentence, though he still faces a maximum of 20 years on the two prostitution charges. On Wednesday afternoon, Judge Arun Subramanian rejected Combs’ efforts to post $1 million bond to leave federal custody. He has been detained since September.