Sean “Diddy” CombsThe legal team held a press conference outside the court after the trial.
“I want to thank my customer Sean Combs for trusting us. I and everyone here, this amazing dream team he gathered.” Words of Geragos He said on Wednesday, July 2, outside the New York City Court. “Without him, we couldn’t do this. It’s amazing and I want to give it -thank you.”
Geragos also expressed his thanks to the jury for “so carefully” showing “soon every day”. He also thanked the judge and staff at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center where Diddy, 55 rejected four times judge Arun Subramanian.
“Despite the terrible conditions of the MDC, I would like to thank the good people who work there who made sure we had enough time to prepare for trial,” he continued. “It is extremely difficult to prepare for a federal case in the conditions of the MDC and did their best to make it a reality.”
Geragos finished his statements by maintaining the innocence of Diddy, who have done since his prey.
“Sean Combs has not sexually assaulted anyone, I have said it for months,” he said. “We have said it with each demand that came out, and today it was shown to be true.”
Nicole Westmoreland and Brian Steel It echoed similar feelings.
“I want to thank everyone for being here and truly writing about a man wrongly proven for most crimes,” Steel said.
Westmoreland added that Diddy “struggled for his freedom” and “for his innocence.”
The press conference ended with Marc Agnifilowho has been one of Diddy’s main lawyers.
“Today is a great victory,” said Agnifilo. “It is a great victory for Sean Combs, it is a great victory for the jury system.
He added: “We’re not almost finished fighting. We just started.”
Diddy was arrested in September 2024 and accused of sex, conspiracy and transportation for prostitution. The tycoon of miserable music denied all the allegations against him and declared himself guilty of all charges.
“We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we think is an unfair persecution of Mr. Combs by the United States lawyer,” Agnifilo said in a statement at that time. “He is an imperfect person, but he is not a criminal. According to his credit, Mr. Combs has only cooperative with this research and voluntarily moved to New York last week in anticipation of these charges. Please reserve your judgment until you have all the facts. These are the acts of an innocent man with anything to hide, and he hopes to erase his name in court.”
Diddy’s trial began in May and, after weeks of witness, ended on Wednesday. After days of deliberation, the jury Diddy acquitted by sex traffic and sex traffic charges. However, the rapper was guilty of two transport counts to participate in prostitution, which has a maximum sentence of 20 years in total.
After reading the verdicians, Agnifilo asked the judge Diddy’s immediate launch Thus he was able to return to his house from Miami Beach to Star Island. The judge ruled that Diddy should remain in prison while waiting for the sentencewhich will be decided on October 3.
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