At 9.52 a.m. Wednesday morning, the jury sent word. They had reached a unanimous verdict in USA v.

Sean Combs. The day we've been building toward for the last seven weeks is here. It took the jury about 14 hours of deliberations before they found Sean Diddy Combs guilty of two counts of transportation

to engage in prostitution. But he was not convicted of the more serious charges he was facing.

The jury found him not guilty of RICO or racketeering conspiracy, same for two counts of sex trafficking,

one for Cassie, and one for the alleged victim that testified

under the pseudonym, Jane. After the split verdict, Combs kneeled on the floor, appearing to pray.

Once he got up and looked towards the gallery, a loud cheer and round of applause broke out.

And as he left the courtroom, he said to his family, I love you, I'm

a be home soon. Because Combs was acquitted of the more serious charges, his attorney asked for him

to be immediately released on bail pending sentencing. The defense offered a million dollar bond,

but the prosecution objected, saying the government

plans to pursue, quote, significant incarceration for Combs. He still faces a possible sentence

of up to 20 years in prison for the two transportation to engage in prostitution charges.

Cassie Ventura, the prosecution's star witness, had also urged the judge to keep Diddy locked up.

Her lawyer sent a letter to the judge that said she believes Combs is, quote, likely to pose a danger to the victims who testified in this case, including her.

It took until the end of the day, but the judge eventually decided Combs should stay in jail awaiting sentencing.

This is bad rap, the case against Diddy.

I'm Brian Buckmeyer, an ABC News legal contributor and practicing attorney.

This episode, split verdict.

I want to share some of my early thoughts and reactions to this news, because as I sat there,

listening and waiting for the verdict, I heard not guilty as to the racketeering conspiracy. And I thought to myself, okay, a lot of predicate acts. They just needed two. Maybe this was a situation where they didn't believe that

there was a criminal enterprise, that functional part of this charge, that center of the racketeering

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