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Nigeria: Diddy found guilty of transporting for prostitution, cleared of sex trafficking

Nigeria: Diddy found guilty of transporting for prostitution, cleared of sex trafficking

Africa Links 24 with Sandra Nwaokolo
Published on 2025-07-02 15:58:11

Music executive Sean “Diddy” Combs was on Wednesday found guilty of two federal counts of transporting individuals for prostitution, but cleared of the more severe charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, following an eight-week trial in Manhattan, The New York Times reports.

A federal jury of eight men and four women returned the split verdict after over 13 hours of deliberation.

Combs, 55, was convicted under the Mann Act for transporting two women, identified in…

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