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Sean Diddy Combs won't be celebrating Independence Day as a free man as U.S. District Judge Aaron

Subramanian denied his bail request on Wednesday, chaining the rap mogul to the grim confines of Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center.

The stunning decision followed a split verdict on Combs' explosive Manhattan federal trial,

where the 55-year-old was convicted of two prostitution-related charges,

but cleared of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy counts that could have locked him away for life.

Diddy's best friend, Charlie Lucci, spoke to the media outside the courthouse.

Everybody was excited and still shocked, you know, when everybody's happy that, you know, that the Jews got it right, man.

That's what, it restores faith back into the, you know, the justice system.

Like, that was good.

The seven-week trial concluded with the jury of eight men and four women delivering a partial verdict on July, first initially deadlocked on the racketeering charge, until resolving it the following day, Wednesday.

They ultimately found Combs guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution,

tied to allegations involving ex-girlfriend Cassandra Cassie Ventura and another woman known only as Jane.

The prosecution called 34 witnesses, including Ventura, who testified for four grueling days about alleged, coerced, freak-off, sex events,

and male escort Shiree Hayes notoriously known as the Punisher.

The defense summoned no witnesses, relying solely on aggressive cross-examinations to argue consent from the accusers.

Closing arguments had ignited fierce controversy,

Prosecutor Emily Johnson,

branded Combs a manipulative king,

orchestrating widespread abuse,

while defense attorney Mark Agnifalo

vehemently claimed the encounters were consensual,

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