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The jury in the Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking criminal trial has returned a verdict on four of the five charges the music mogul faces, the judge overseeing his case said on Tuesday.
Judge Arun Subramanian reasoned that, following two days of deliberations, it was too soon to give up on reaching a verdict on all five counts. Subramanian told the jury to continue weighing the last remaining charge.The 12-member jury began deliberating on Monday following closing arguments, which concluded last week.
Which charge against Diddy is the jury still undecided about?
The jury has been unable to reach a verdict on a charge of racketeering conspiracy, because there were “unpersuadable opinions on both sides”, they said.
Racketeering carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Judge Subramanian instructed the jury to continue deliberating on the racketeering conspiracy count. The jury will resume deliberations at 9am EDT (13:00 GMT) on Wednesday.
What are the other charges against Diddy?
After two days of deliberations, the jury did reach a verdict on four other charges: two counts of sex trafficking and two of transportation to engage in prostitution.
A conviction for sex trafficking carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years and a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Transportation to engage in prostitution, which involves arranging to fly sex workers across state lines, carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Earlier on Tuesday, the jury asked to review portions of the testimony by the rhythm and blues singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, who testified that Combs had forced her to take part in “freak-offs” throughout their decade-long relationship, which amounted to sex trafficking.
The testimony the jury asked to review related to a 2016 incident at an InterContinental hotel in Los Angeles, when a surveillance camera captured footage of Combs kicking and dragging Ventura in a hallway.
Prosecutors said that at the time of the incident, Ventura was attempting to leave a “freak-off” – Combs’s term for a drug-fuelled sex marathon in which he would watch Ventura have sex with a paid male escort while he masturbated and sometimes filmed.
Prosecutors argued that this conduct amounted to sex trafficking because Combs used force and threats to cut off financial support or release sex tapes of Ventura to coerce her to take part in the performances, and because the escorts were paid.
Another former girlfriend “Jane”, who testified under a pseudonym to protect her identity, also claimed that Combs forced her into drug-fuelled sex sessions with male sex workers.What is racketeering?
Racketeering – the charge against Diddy on which the jury is undecided – involves a set of illegal activities in which an individual commits at least two related crimes within 10 years as part of a larger criminal enterprise.
The law is designed to target not just isolated crimes but the broader structures behind them, such as gangs or corrupt businesses.