Update: July, 2, 2025 at 10:24 a.m.
Sean Combs was found guilty of 2 counts of prostitution, but acquitted on the most serious counts of sex trafficking on Tuesday.
Combs was acquitted of running a criminal enterprise (RICO) and two counts of sex trafficking.
Combs was found guilty of transportation of former girlfriends Cassie Ventura and “Jane” for prostitution acts.
The prosecution asked Judge Subramanian to keep Combs in jail until sentencing. The government is seeking a 20-year maximum sentence on the prostitution charges.
Combs’ defense attorney Marc Agnifilo asked the judge to release Combs from federal detention, where he has been since his arrest in September.
Update: July 1, 2025 at 5:04 p.m.
The jury has reached verdicts in Sean Combs’ RICO case in Manhattan. On Tuesday evening the judge received a note from the jury informing him that they can’t agree on count 1, the RICO charge.
The judge told them to jeep deliberating, but it is apparent that they will not reach a unanimous decision on that key charge.
According to Inner City Press, the jury sent a note saying they have reached verdicts on counts 2, 3, 4 and 5 (sex trafficking and transportation for prostitution) but they are divided on Count 1, the RICO charge.
The verdicts will be announced on Wednesday, July 2. Court is closed on Thursday and Friday for the 4th of July holiday weekend.
Update: July 1, 2025 at 11:24 a.m.
The judge in Sean Combs’ RICO trial snapped at his defense lawyers as the jury deliberated for a second day on Tuesday.
Judge Arun Subramanian snapped at the lawyers over the wording of a note sent by the jury on Monday evening. The note asked if a defendant can be convicted of possession with intent to supply narcotics if another person requested the drugs.
Combs’ attorney, Marc Agnifilo, objected and said that he didn’t think referring the jurors to the instructions about drug possession “goes far enough”. The judge snapped back, “It doesn’t matter if you think it goes far enough. Can you do what I’m asking or do you not want to?”
According to the judge, the defense’s proposed response to the note could cause “confusion” and “mislead the jury”.
Originally published on: July 1, 2025 at 08:52 a.m.
The jury continues to deliberate in Sean Combs’ RICO trial in Manhattan. The judge handed the case over to the jury to begin deliberations at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, June 30.
About 70 minutes, later, the jury passed a note to the judge saying juror 25 was not following the judge’s specific instructions.
“We have a juror, No. 25, who we are concerned cannot follow your honor’s instructions,” the note to Judge Arun Subramanian read, according to CNN.
The jury consists of eight men and four women. Juror No. 25 is 51 years old and has a Ph.D in molecular biology and neuroscience. He works as a veterinarian and lives in Manhattan with his partner, a freelance graphic designer, according to Forbes.
The note was shared with Combs and his attorneys when they returned to the courtroom on Monday afternoon. The judge ordered the jurors to continue deliberating.
“I remind every juror of their duty to deliberate and their obligation to follow my instruction on the law,” Subramanian wrote in a response to the note, according to CNN.
The judge’s instructions regarding deliberations are clear. The jurors must read the official verdict form and respond to the questions on the form. The first question is whether they believe Combs is guilty of the RICO charge. If yes, they are to decide whether he’s guilty of specific charges.
Later, the jury sent a second note to the judge requesting more information about the drug trafficking charge. The second note suggests one or more of the jurors found Combs guilty of RICO and now they are debating the specific charges.
But the second note can also mean a hung jury, since they can’t all agree on a unanimous verdict.
If convicted on all charges, Combs faces a minimum of 15 years behind bars and a maximum sentence of life in federal prison.
Stay tuned for more updates.
