WaPo reports.
Defense counsel Marc Agnifilo has asked the court to release Sean Combs back to his home in the millionaire enclave of Star Island in Miami. “This is his first conviction, and it’s a prostitution offense,” Agnifilo said. The attorney noted that the charge he was found guilty of was significantly less serious than the ones that kept him detained in a Brooklyn jail for the past nine months....
ADDED: From the NYT reporting: "Sean Combs is on his knees, his elbows on the chair where he was sitting, his head buried. He appeared to be praying. He started a round of applause, which was echoed by his family, who are jubilant."
AND: "With a touch of levity, the judge said he assumed that Sean Combs would not want to return to the Brooklyn jail where he has been held. Mr. Combs shook his head vigorously and put his hands together in prayer." It's hard to believe, then, that the judge would send Combs back to the jail. He should go free today.
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Wife has Fox News on. Consensus seems to be that the prosecution overcharged.
Jeffrey Toobin was born to be a rapper. Wasted talent.
The weirdest thing about the whole sitch is that most everyone has suggested he doesn't even have sex with them, just watches hired guns screw each other. Ewwww.
But look on the bright side Puffy, all the seized baby oil should be reclaimable in 6 months.
He's gonna go home today. Wild.
Big Bucks celebrity in the USA , what did you think. I'll wager 5-7 with good time and out before you know it! What do you think Garcia would get, same deal,, RIGHT! America LAND OF JADED COURT SYSTEM but its all we got.
Party at Sean's house!!!
Convicted criminal.
So under the sentencing guidelines that's like 15-21 months, right? With credit for time served less than a year remaining? He can probably serve that out at a minimum security camp.
I'll admit that I have scarcely followed this story, but from what little I've seen, it looks like he is guilty of being an asshole who treats people like shit. He shouldn't have been convicted of anything.
Guilty of general slime.
Reddington said...
He's gonna go home today. Wild.
Only for a bit. He's still looking at a possible 20 years on the Transportation charges.
he quickly touched hands with his lawyers
I haven't seen any video. Maybe there isn't any.
I'm guessing this was a fist bump or a high five, but the WaPo wanted a more Diddy-friendly tone, wanted their readers to think he was feeling humbled, not triumphant.
"With a touch of levity,..."
Seriously?
Anyway, was in court for minor transgression years ago. Plenty of defendants from prostitution sting. No jail time for any. Some represented by lawyers, most rep themselves and pled guilty.
Just fines and probation. Doubt that any were arrested, just given notice to appear tickets.
7 SEVEN white Barbie doll like Prosecutors in a diversified Jury of 7 men in the mix and a defense for the accused as a diversified team for sure (even if subconsciously) influenced everything. Its NEW YORK CITY folks not Mar a Logo. Big mistake on the prosecution side, who a jury would think they have no clue on the inner workings of such as PUFF DADDY! C'mon man...Forever been a two tiered system of justice ,dont ever see it changing,in fact looks like its getting worse!
Juries have been rejecting RICO charges in other high profile cases too.
Comey daughter lost. Big League
Calls on Johnson & Johnson. Gonna be a banner week for that company.
"With a touch of levity,.."
Reminds me of judge tell ing Ted Bundy H"e would have made a fine lawyer" (except for unfortunate choices)
"it looks like he is guilty of being an asshole who treats people like shit.
He publicly beat the shit out of a woman, up and down hotel hallways, while wrapped in nothing but a towel.
But he's black. So no payday for the whores.
"He publicly beat the shit out of a woman, up and down hotel hallways, while wrapped in nothing but a towel."
That's not a federal crime, so it wasn't charged here, and it's a crime that his lawyer argued he'd taken responsibility for and would plead guilty to.
The jury wasn't asked if he was a good person.
So, the only crime he got nailed for is being a pimp.
A Diddy freakoff is still not as oily as Gavin Newsom.
"So, the only crime he got nailed for is being a pimp."
Pimpin' ain't easy, it's just very very slippery.
"He publicly beat the shit out of a woman, up and down hotel hallways, while wrapped in nothing but a towel."
How gauche!
The details in this case are horrible but let's not pretend most rap moguls don't act like this. I assume this kind of violence is normal, after all they rap about it. I bet Jay Z is just as horrible.
"Sean Combs is on his knees." For a better view, no doubt.
What Birches said. And it's not as if the groupies don't know the odds going in.
I am not a Puffy fan and did not follow the story. Was this judicial overreach? Were the others involved all adults?
So a Comey botched the prosecution? Color me unsurprised.
Ray Rice, former Baltimore Ravens star running back, beat the living crap out of his girlfriend in a hotel hallways. Pulled her off the hotel elevator and pummeled her. What’s with hotel hallways?
Rice was suspended for 2 games until the video surfaced. Then it became a career ender.
"That's not a federal crime, so it wasn't charged here, and it's a crime that his lawyer argued he'd taken responsibility for and would plead guilty to."
Wait, what? Are you saying that he has been charged with assault in some other venue? And has agreed to plead guilty?
domestic abuse isn't a crime?
Socially progressive, criminally insane, but he's no Garcia. Politically incongruent. No margaritas for you. Next!
On the plus side, this will enhance his reputation in the rap community. There's talk of giving him a lifetime achievement award at the Grammy.
I care nothing about Sean Combs, but the feds spending all this time and money on this is BS. 9 months in jail for giving a few hookers a ride on his jet?!?!?
The fact he was denied bail was abuse of the system.
"On the plus side, this will enhance his reputation in the rap community."
A veritable certainty. Even screwier? It will enhance his reputation with black women who love R&B, just look at R Kelly.
On the top counts, the key issue in the case turned on consent v. coercion. But not coercion in its usual meanings, where a person is forced to do something by physical force or perhaps fraudulent inducement. Instead, in this case (and also in some of the cases against Harvey Weinstein), the defendant was alleged to have coerced the victims essentially by offering them the benefits of a (weird) relationship with money, career advancement and power. The inducement was so overwhelming, so the argument goes, that it deprived the victims of any real agency in the matter. That was also the prosecution's answer to the fact that the victims often stayed in the 'relationship' and engaged in the same conduct for quite a while.
Also interesting that the jury resolved the issue on the facts -- whether the prosecution had proven its theories of coercion and fraud beyond a reasonable doubt. On the law, these cases present an analogous issue to the Supreme Court's rejection of expansive criminal fraud theories in Ciminelli v. United States, 598 U.S. ___ (2023), and many other cases. In the fraud cases, the Court has held that 'fraud' when used in a criminal statute carries with it the normal common law meaning, restricting it to deprivation of traditional property rights unless Congress clearly adopts a different definition. The same argument can be made about 'coercion', seeking to limit it to its traditional understanding absent an express Congressional direction. The lower courts haven't gone in that direction, but these issues have yet to make it to the Supremes. So, time will tell.
Time served and he is likely free to go. From what I had read about the charges and the evidence, the jury got this mostly correct. Combs isn't anyone someone should admire but the DoJ shouldn't have invested this much effort in trying this case- Bondi et al would have done well to reach exactly this plea result the moment she took over from whoever replaced Garland on an interim basis. Also, holding him without bail was unjust given the fact base and the charges.
Not involuntary, but rather superior exploitation a la pedophilia, planned parenthood, etc.
Diddy: Y'all think this verdict is for me. No. No, this verdict is not for me. It's for y'all! See, see, I'm gonna be all right. I'm straight. I got villas in Brazil, Tahiti, East Hampton, Westhampton. Diddy gonna be fine! Fuck the verdict. I own 20 Koo Koo Roos!
Kali: Twenty-one, sir.
Diddy: I own 21 Koo Koo Roos. Y'all don't own one Koo Koo Roo. Not one. Not one. Y'all are fucked!
So just what was Diddy doing with all those bottles of baby oil and astroglide?
By avoiding a life sentence for his sex crimes, Sean Combs remains in play to serve in a future Trump administration.
“I care nothing about Sean Combs, but the feds spending all this time and money on this is BS. 9 months in jail for giving a few hookers a ride on his jet?!?!?”
Ditto. If this makes sense, anyone doing 35 in a 30 zone should get life.
I'll believe he's going to be prosecuted on a state charge of brutally beating a woman in a hotel corridor when I see it with my own eyes. It was just beating a woman. The victim will be Nicole Simpsoned by the jury anyway.
“ The fact he was denied bail was abuse of the system.”
But on the bright side, he already has 9 mos in the bank now, so his sentence is partially pre-paid.
Overuse of baby oil and astroglide are not crimes.
Even Kak should know that.
"On the plus side, this will enhance his reputation in the rap community."
A lot of what I read seemed highly embarrassing for everyone involved. I'm not sure most fans liked what they heard Diddy was into. It reminded me of Dennis Hopper's character in Blue Velvet, which was not a great look.
So just what was Diddy doing with all those bottles of baby oil and astroglide?
By avoiding a life sentence for his sex crimes, Sean Combs remains in play to serve in a future Trump administration.
Jesus, this is mental illness. You're laying this on Trump?!?!?!?
You need an intervention. Stat.
When Sean Combs' attorneys referred to Ms. Ventura as a very attractive woman, I knew Diddy was going to win. No way will a normal, somewhat unattractive, maybe very obese, female juror relate to an extremely attractive, very wealthy, stunningly promiscuous rape victim. When you're beautiful, other women despise you. Diddy's lawyers expertly played off the female jurors' jealousy and spite to get this absolute bastard an acquittal he doesn't deserve. So much for the sisterhood!
Sound judgement doesn't seem to be a Comey family trait.
"...the defendant was alleged to have coerced the victims essentially by offering them the benefits of a (weird) relationship with money, career advancement and power.":
Would you sleep with me for $1 million?
Sure!
How about $5 ?
What do you think I am?
We've established that, now we're haggling over the price.
His sexual practices, while outside classic middle American norms, were of a piece with the rest of the Hollywood and big music moguls. Do any of you believe that there is not a gay version of Diddy doing much worse? And sorry, but there are statutes of limitations on assault and "offending the sensibilities of suburban women" is not yet in the Criminal Code. It was a show trial to my mind, and perhaps one day we will learn what was behind it. Cassie was already "paid" for her 13 years of apparently willing participation.
His sexual practices, while outside classic middle American norms, were of a piece with the rest of the Hollywood and big music moguls. Do any of you believe that there is not a gay version of Diddy doing much worse? And sorry, but there are statutes of limitations on assault and "offending the sensibilities of suburban women" is not yet in the Criminal Code. It was a show trial to my mind, and perhaps one day we will learn what was behind it. Cassie was already "paid" for her 13 years of apparently willing participation.
Well Spiros, I don’t know about the jealous motives of big fat women. But when I see evidence of abuse, and also read that the victim was with puffy for 2 years, my sympathies … wane, shall we say. Any gal hanging with puff daddy knows all about who he is. Sorry.
Hahahaha ... Diddy has been denied bail and has been sent back to the prison.
Where he will not hang himself.
The Mann Act does get misused a lot, going back to Jack Johnson, whom Trump posthumously pardoned!
OTOH, it is a good tool to use against illegal aliens, so I doubt we'll see it repealed or amended anytime soon.
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JSM
And it's the background behind a great pre-Code line in The Thin Man:
Detective, after finding a pistol in the Charles's apartment: What's this? Haven't you heard of the Sullivan Act?
Nora Charles: But we're married!
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JSM
50 Shades of Puffy the Magic Diddy.
It's hard to believe, then, that the judge would send Combs back to the jail. He should go free today.
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He was convicted on a few counts and is awaiting sentencing. Of course he should remain in jail. If he was a flight risk then, he still is. Plus, he's a convicted criminal. Why free him until sentencing...
Cmon annie. Your hatred of trans people is blinding you.
Reddington said...
He's gonna go home today. Wild.
Only for a bit.
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Is this a celebrity justice thing? Do you folks know of people deemed to be a flight risk or who might risk harming others while out jailed awaiting trial who are then convicted (on whatever counts) who then are FREED before serving their sentence? I never heard of that. You stay locked up after conviction. It comes off your sentence, that time served, but there's no post-conviction "recess" or "get out of jail free" card while you await sentencing, if you was locked up during the trial in which you were convicted.
Maybe stop pretending their are two, or more, levels of justice depending on who is charged. Put the blindfold back on that lady already!
Ann Althouse said...
"He publicly beat the shit out of a woman, up and down hotel hallways, while wrapped in nothing but a towel."
That's not a federal crime, so it wasn't charged here, and it's a crime that his lawyer argued he'd taken responsibility for and would plead guilty to.
7/2/25, 10:34 AM
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You barely made it as a law professor, arty farty. Stop pretending you have a judicial temperament... Your Daddy taught you well: "Be who they want, ann. THey want a Methodist? Be that. Want a Jew. Why, that's you, honey! Shiftshape yourself to be whoever they want when they're hiring... Just pretend. You can "profess". You can "judge". You're pretty like my play bunnies. Wear your shirts short, kick of your shoes, shake those leaky titties mama, and the world is yours...!
Heh.
Does he remind you of your son, ann?? *wink*
Like Andrew Cuomo, Diddy lives part time in NYC and appeals to young men who believe that the women’s movement has gone too far. Is it too late for him to jump into the mayor’s race and stop Zohran Mamdani?
Smilin' Jack said...
“Ditto. If this makes sense, anyone doing 35 in a 30 zone should get life.”
Seems excessive.
OTOH, people who hog the passing lane…
Narr said...
"Overuse of baby oil and astroglide are not crimes.
Even Kak should know that."
TeaBagHag sure does.
It doesn'treally matter. Diddy is a screw up. He'll screw up again.
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