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Since
Sean
“Diddy”
Combs
was
arrested
in
September
of
last
year,
headlines
have
been
flooded
with
RICO
charges,
accusations
of
abusive
behavior,
and
baby
oil.
Coverage
has
been
star
studded:
Tony
Buzbee
accused
Jay-Z
of
playing
a
part
in
the
freakoffs,
Cassie
and
Kid
Cudi
gave
testimony
in
the
courtroom,
and
Brian
Steel
joined
Combs’s
legal
team
after
Anthony
Ricco
quit
for
reasons
he
refused
to
share.
He
was
charged
with
some
very
serious
crimes
that
could,
were
he
found
guilty,
have
him
spending
the
rest
of
his
life
behind
bars.
Today,
the
jury
returned
a
verdict
on
the
five
charges
he
was
eventually
tried
for.
While
he
will
be
going
somewhere
(and
that
somewhere
appears
to
be
prison),
the
Bad
Boy
for
life
managed
to
avoid
a
life
sentence.
Washington
Post
has
coverage:
Sean
“Diddy”
Combs
and
his
family
were
jubilant
Wednesday
after
a
jury
acquitted
the
music
producer
of
the
most
serious
charges
against
him:
sex
trafficking
and
racketeering
conspiracy.
But
the
jury
found
Combs
guilty
of
two
prostitution-related
charges
that
could
carry
years
of
prison
time,
and
it
was
not
immediately
clear
if
he
will
be
freed
from
jail
while
he
awaits
sentencing.
The
responses
to
Diddy
beating
the
sex
trafficking
and
RICO
charges
have
ranged
from
genuine
questions
about
why
some
charges
stuck
and
others
didn’t:
Decrees
of
triumph:
And
people
—
I’m
not
making
this
up
—
pouring
baby
oil
over
each
other
to
celebrate:
And
while
the
charges
that
stuck
could
see
Combs
facing
upwards
of
20
years,
folks
are
already
speculating
on
how
that
time
could
be
reduced
or
pardoned:
And
considering
that
many
talking
heads
covered
the
Diddy
trial
as
if
he
were
dead
to
rights:
Knocking
off
three
of
the
five
major
charges
against
Diddy
will
be
an
(infamous)
feather
in
Brian
Steel’s
cap
for
years
to
come:
Sean
Combs
partially
acquitted
in
sex-trafficking
case,
avoids
life
sentence
[Washington
Post]
Earlier:
Jay-Z
Caught
Up
In
Diddy
Freakoff
Fallout
Sean
Combs’s
Former
Lawyer
No
Longer
Arguing
Over
Whether
Diddy
Did
It
Sean
Combs
Recruits
Super
Lawyer
To
His
Side
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.