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Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news. Now. I'm Drew Nelson.

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Speaker 1: Just into Crime Alert. The federal jury find Sean Diddy

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Speaker 1: Combs guilty on two counts, but not guilty on three others,

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Speaker 1: including racketeering. Combs was found guilty of transporting former girlfriends

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Speaker 1: Cassandra Ventura and the anonymous woman identified as Jane across

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Speaker 1: state lines to engage in prostitution, those violations of the

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Speaker 1: Man Act. He was acquitted of sex trafficking charges related

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Speaker 1: to both women. He was also found not guilty of

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Speaker 1: racketeering conspiracy, which could have led to a life sentence.

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Speaker 1: As the verdict was read, Combs nodded he said thank

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Speaker 1: you to one of the jurors. He made a prayer

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Speaker 1: hands gesture looking toward the jury. Fifty five year old

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Speaker 1: Combs has been held without bail and Brooklyn since his

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Speaker 1: arrest last September. He pleaded not guilty to all the

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Speaker 1: charges over three days. The jury spent just over thirteen

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Speaker 1: hours weighing the evidence. During trial, they heard from thirty

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Speaker 1: four witnesses. Some were male escorts who said Combs paid

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Speaker 1: them to take part in drug fueled sex parties he

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Speaker 1: called free coffs other word Witnesses described threats and abuse

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Speaker 1: at the hands of Combs. Prosecutors claimed he ran a

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Speaker 1: long term criminal operation and used his fame to lure, trap,

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Speaker 1: and silence victims. He faces a maximum of twenty years

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Speaker 1: in prison for the two Man Act convictions. Stay with

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Speaker 1: Crime Alert or Nicole Parton will have a full update

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Speaker 1: for you at eleven and we will bring you the

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Speaker 1: latest at five and eight pm. And join Nancy tonight

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Speaker 1: for Crime Stories at our new time seven pm on

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Speaker 1: Merritt Street Media. Or follow Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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Speaker 1: on your favorite podcast staff with this crime Alert. I'm

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Speaker 1: Drew Nelson.