Ep 262: Diddy Trial: The Verdict with Brian Buckmire, Part 7

Crime Analyst

Laura Richards

True Crime

4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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In the case of the USA v. Sean Combs, the jury returned a shocking verdict on Wednesday 2nd July after just over two days of deliberating. Eight men and four women found Combs not guilty on the more serious charges he faced and guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. Laura is joined by criminal defense attorney and ABC Legal Contributor, Brian Buckmire, who has been in court every day of the trial. Laura and Brian unravel what went wrong for the prosecution, what went right for the defense, what needs to change to hold powerful men accountable for abusing women, and they share their thoughts on the future sentencing of now twice convicted felon, Combs. This conversation and series takes you inside the case against Diddy, the justice system which was created by men to protect men and what needs to happen to ensure justice works for women. Listen and take action. Your voice matters. For more expert insight, in-depth conversations, extra episodes and videos, live monthly events with Laura and to be a part a fast growing, dynamic and empowering community join the Crime Analyst Squad: www.patreon.com/CrimeAnalyst    #DiddyTrial #Diddy #SeanCombs #CassieVentura #Verdict #PowerAndControl #CoerciveControl #CoerciveControlLawReform #DomesticViolence #SerailAbuser #Accountability #Misogyny #VictimBlaming #CrimeAnalyst #TrueCrime #Podcast Clips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5JGIrx8uOk https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLne9oQSnFC/?igsh=ZWsyejBmMDBmaHRq Music: Keep Going by Myuu Sources   Brian’s podcast Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-rap-the-case-against-diddy/id1801972935 Coercive control law reform, USA, petition: https://www.change.org/p/domestic-violence-law-reform-coercive-control-usa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEXSuztIF2s  www.dashriskchecklist.com   https://www.thelaurarichards.com/resources/coercivecontrol   https://www.thelaurarichards.com/resources/books   https://www.thelaurarichards.com/my-two-cents/serial-and-high-risk-stalkers-and-domestic-abusers    REGISTER For Laura’s 2025 Masterclasses – Profiling Behaviour, Preventing Murder and Suicide in Slow Motion, DASH, DASH Train the Trainer, Coercive Control and Stalking: https://bit.ly/LRMasterclassRegistration   More Training Info: www.dashriskchecklist.com    www.thelaurarichards.com    YouTube, Socials and Website   YouTube @crimeanalyst    Facebook Crime Analyst Podcast   Instagram @crimeanalyst @laurarichards999   Threads @crimeanalyst   X @thecrimeanalyst @laurarichards999    TikTok @crimeanalystpod   Website www.crime-analyst.com    Leave a Review https://www.crime-analyst.com/reviews/new/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	On count one, the racketeering conspiracy charge, Sean Combs has been found not guilty,
0:36.4	not guilty of racketeering conspiracy, perhaps the most complicated charge for the jury to understand.
0:43.3	The Count One had provided for a number of predicate acts, but the jury does not have to get into that because they have found Sean Combs not guilty of leading a criminal enterprise, not guilty of racketeering conspiracy.
0:58.0	They will now move to the other four counts, two of them, on sex trafficking and on, and we have not guilty now on count two, which was sex trafficking of Cassandra Ventura. Sean Combs has been found not guilty now on count two, which was sex trafficking of Cassandra Ventura.
1:12.6	Sean Combs has been found not guilty of sex trafficking when it comes to his former girlfriend, Cassie Ventura.
1:19.6	There was a real debate that the jury heard over the course of the last two months about consent and coercion
1:26.6	and the complications of deciding when an 11-year
1:31.1	relationship between Combs and Cassie Ventura may have become a criminal one. And the jury decided
1:36.7	it was not criminal sex trafficking when Sean Combs committed what his attorneys freely admitted
1:43.0	was domestic abuse, as you saw in
1:45.7	that video.
1:46.7	He has been found not guilty now on racketeering conspiracy, not guilty on sex trafficking
1:52.3	of Cassie Ventura.
1:54.9	He has been found guilty on count three.
1:58.6	Transportation for the purposes of prostitution.
2:03.1	He has also been found guilty on count five. Transportation for the purposes of prostitution.
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