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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Anna Betts in New York

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces growing wave of civil suits as criminal trial ends

a sketch of a man sitting in court next to a woman
Sean ‘Diddy"’Combs, next to his lawyer Teny Geragos, reacts after learning he will not be released on bail in New York on 2 July 2025. Photograph: Jane Rosenberg/Reuters

After two months, the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs came to a close on Wednesday with a mixed verdict. The jury acquitted the 55-year-old music mogul of the most serious charges – racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking – but found him guilty on the two lesser counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.

Still, this verdict marks only one chapter in Combs’s mounting legal battles. Combs, who remains incarcerated at the Metropolitan detention center in Brooklyn, is now awaiting sentencing and faces a growing number of civil lawsuits against him alleging sexual assault and abuse.

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