Fellow prisoners cheered when Diddy walked back into the jail after his court hearing. His lawyer Marc Agnifilo told reporters that inmates gave the music star a standing ovation. The other men locked up said they had never seen anyone beat the federal government before. Diddy had just won on three major criminal charges that could have destroyed his life. Prisoners rarely witness someone defeating such serious accusations.
A jury cleared the rap mogul of sex trafficking and racketeering charges during his recent trial. These crimes carry heavy prison sentences and would have ruined his reputation forever. The court still found him guilty on two other charges under the Mann Act for moving people across state lines illegally. Federal prosecutors want him to serve at least four years behind bars for these remaining convictions. Diddy has already spent ten months in custody since police arrested him last September.
His legal team asked the judge to let him go free during sentencing but the court refused their request. Judge Arun Subramanian decided that Diddy still poses a threat to the community around him. The defense could not prove their client would stay out of trouble if released. Agnifilo explained that he predicted the jury would clear his client once they showed doubt about the racketeering case. The trafficking charges connected closely to those accusations and fell apart together.
A jury cleared the rap mogul of sex trafficking and racketeering charges during his recent trial. These crimes carry heavy prison sentences and would have ruined his reputation forever. The court still found him guilty on two other charges under the Mann Act for moving people across state lines illegally. Federal prosecutors want him to serve at least four years behind bars for these remaining convictions. Diddy has already spent ten months in custody since police arrested him last September.
His legal team asked the judge to let him go free during sentencing but the court refused their request. Judge Arun Subramanian decided that Diddy still poses a threat to the community around him. The defense could not prove their client would stay out of trouble if released. Agnifilo explained that he predicted the jury would clear his client once they showed doubt about the racketeering case. The trafficking charges connected closely to those accusations and fell apart together.
