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VERDICT SHOCKER: Diddy Beats Major Charges But Still Locked Up | United States vs. Sean Combs Verdict

Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

True Crime

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been acquitted on the most serious charges in his federal sex trafficking case — but he’s not going anywhere. Despite the partial verdict in his favor, the judge denied bail, keeping Diddy behind bars as prosecutors prepare for sentencing on the remaining convictions. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down the courtroom bombshells, the jury’s split decision, the judge’s stunning ruling, and what this means for Diddy’s future. From legal fallout to what’s still ahead, this case is far from over.

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, I'm Ashley Banfield, and this is drop dead serious. What a day. After weeks of

0:12.2

graphic allegations, a parade of witnesses, and some of the most disturbing video evidence

0:17.4

ever shown in federal court, we have a verdict in the trial of Sean Diddy Combs.

0:22.9

And Combs won't be getting to sleep in his own bed tonight.

0:26.4

Nope.

0:27.5

Not tomorrow night either.

0:28.6

And not for a long time, as it turns out.

0:30.9

He won't even find out when he's going to sleep in his own bed for another four months.

0:37.7

And that's because the judge has set his sentencing date for October,

0:42.0

and he's stuck at the Manhattan federal lock up until that time.

0:45.4

No bail granted.

0:48.1

But you could call the verdict in his RICO and sex trafficking trial a bit of a win

0:53.3

and that he will not have to spend his life

0:56.2

in prison. No, not his life. Maybe a long time, but not life. Honestly, this was really a split decision,

1:04.6

guilty on some charges, not guilty on other charges, but one thing is for certain.

1:11.8

Once Sean Diddy Combs is sentenced, he will officially become a convicted felon.

1:19.3

The jury found him guilty on two of the five counts against him.

1:23.2

Both of those charges for transportation across state lines to engage in prostitution,

1:28.3

better known as the Mann Act, M-A-N-N-N-man act.

1:33.0

But on the headliner charges, the sex trafficking and the racketeering, the stuff that could have put

1:38.5

them away for life, not guilty. Cross the board on those.

1:42.6

And right after those verdicts came down, one of News

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