While the jury acquitted Sean “Diddy” Combs of essentially the most critical costs throughout his trial earlier this yr, it found him guilty of two counts of transportation to interact in prostitution, every carrying a most sentence of 10 years in jail.
A more in-depth have a look at his conviction: The two transportation costs accused Combs of transporting his then-girlfriends, Cassie Ventura and “Jane,” in addition to male escorts, throughout state strains for the needs of prostitution. One cost associated to Ventura, whom Combs dated from round 2007 to 2018. The different concerned “Jane,” who testified below a pseudonym and dated Combs from 2021 to 2024.
Jane testified about accompanying Combs to what she referred to as “hotel nights,” the place she engaged in sexual encounters with a male “entertainer,” typically in a lodge room with Combs current. Ventura testified about taking part in related encounters, which Combs known as “Freak Offs.”
Jane testified she and Combs had “hotel nights” between May 2021 and October 2023 in quite a lot of locales, together with Los Angeles, New York, Miami and Turks and Caicos. Similarly, Ventura mentioned “Freak Offs” came about in a few of these places in addition to different cities, comparable to Atlanta and Las Vegas.
Ventura testified some escorts participated in “Freak Offs” in a number of states. They had been paid between $1,500 and $6,000 afterwards in money supplied by Combs, she said. Her testimony was bolstered by varied data offered in court docket, together with flight data, American Express costs and lodge invoices.
The jury additionally watched video footage of Ventura and Jane partaking in sexual acts with male escorts. The movies line up with the dates of many flight data and lodge invoices, the prosecution mentioned. The protection argued there wasn’t enough proof that the escorts and entertainers had been paid for prostitution versus for his or her time.