Sean “Diddy” Combs’ authorized crew held a press convention exterior of courtroom following the trial.
“I wish to thank my shopper Sean Combs for trusting us. Myself and everyone right here, this unimaginable dream crew that he put collectively,” Teny Geragos stated on Wednesday, July 2, exterior the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in New York Metropolis. “With out him, we’d not have the ability to do that. He’s unimaginable, and I wish to thank him.”
Geragos additionally expressed her gratitude to the jury for “placing such nice care” into the case by displaying up “early each single day.” She additionally thanked the choose and the workers on the Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn, the place Diddy, 55, has been held following his September 2024 arrest after having bail rejected 4 occasions by Choose Arun Subramanian.
“Regardless of the horrible circumstances on the MDC, I wish to thank the great individuals who work there who ensured that we had a adequate period of time to organize for trial,” she continued. “This can be very troublesome to organize for a federal case within the circumstances on the MDC, and so they did the whole lot they may to make that occur.”
Geragos completed up her remarks by sustaining Diddy’s innocence, which his crew has finished since taking his case.
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“Sean Combs has not sexually assaulted anyone, I’ve been saying this for months,” she stated. “We’ve stated this with every lawsuit that got here out, and as we speak that was confirmed true.”
Nicole Westmoreland and Brian Metal echoed related sentiments.
“I wish to thanks all for being right here and writing honestly a few man wrongly tried for a lot of the crimes,” Metal stated.
Westmoreland added that Diddy “battled for his freedom” and “for his innocence.”
The press convention ended with feedback from Marc Agnifilo, who has been one among Diddy’s foremost attorneys.
“At this time’s an ideal victory,” Agnifilo stated. “It’s an ideal victory for Sean Combs, it’s an ideal victory for the jury system.”
He added, “We’re not practically finished preventing. We’re simply getting began.”
Diddy was arrested in September 2024 and charged with intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. The disgraced music mogul denied all of the allegations towards him and pleaded not responsible to all expenses.
“We’re upset with the choice to pursue what we consider is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace,” Agnifilo stated in an announcement on the time. “He’s an imperfect individual, however he isn’t a legal. To his credit score Mr. Combs has been nothing however cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York final week in anticipation of those expenses. Please reserve your judgment till you might have all of the info. These are the acts of an harmless man with nothing to cover, and he appears ahead to clearing his title in courtroom.”
Diddy’s trial started in Could and, after weeks of testimony, got here to an finish on Wednesday. After days of deliberation, the jury acquitted Diddy on racketeering and intercourse trafficking expenses. Nonetheless, the rapper was discovered responsible on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution, which carries a most sentence of 20 years complete.
After the decision was learn, Agnifilo requested the choose for Diddy’s quick launch so he might return to his Miami Seaside house on Star Island. The choose later dominated that Diddy ought to stay in custody whereas awaiting sentencing, which can be selected October 3.
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