DefendantSean CombsConvicted on two federal counts, acquitted on three, and now appealing.
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The Diddy Federal Case
Five federal charges. Two guilty verdicts. Three not-guilty verdicts. Explore what the jury decided, how testimony and trial material connected to each count, and what Combs is challenging on appeal.
Right nowSean Combs was convicted on two federal transportation-for-prostitution counts and acquitted on the racketeering-conspiracy charge and both sex-trafficking charges. He was sentenced to 50 months. His appeal remains pending.
Sean CombsThe federal case ended in a split verdict. The convictions and sentence remain in place while the appeal is pending.
The case in 10 seconds
The verdict was mixed, not all-or-nothing.
A guilty verdict on two counts does not turn the three acquitted counts, separate civil claims or every online allegation into proven facts.
What you need to know first
After a multi-week federal trial, the jury found Combs guilty on two counts of transporting people for prostitution. It found him not guilty on one racketeering-conspiracy count and two sex-trafficking counts. A federal judge later sentenced him to 50 months in prison. Combs appealed. A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit, the federal appeals court handling the case, heard arguments on April 9, 2026. No ruling changing the convictions or sentence has been verified, so both remain in place.
Guilty verdicts2 counts
Not-guilty verdicts3 counts
Sentence50 months
AppealPending
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The basic picture
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What happened?
Federal prosecutors took Combs to trial on five charges: one racketeering-conspiracy count, two sex-trafficking counts, and two counts of transporting people for prostitution. After weeks of testimony, the jury returned a split verdict instead of accepting or rejecting the government’s whole case.
What evidence matters?
The jury heard weeks of testimony, including from Casandra Ventura and a woman identified in court as Jane, about Combs, the sexual encounters and alleged abuse. It also heard evidence about paid male escorts and travel connected to those encounters. The key is that testimony and allegations were not automatically turned into guilty verdicts.
Keep this straightA claim in an indictment or testimony is not automatically a jury finding.
What did the court actually decide?
The jury found Combs guilty on Count Three and Count Five, the two transportation-for-prostitution counts. It found him not guilty on Count One, racketeering conspiracy, and on Count Two and Count Four, the two sex-trafficking charges. The judge later sentenced him to 50 months in prison.
Keep this straightThe guilty verdicts do not convert the acquitted charges, separate civil allegations or every online claim into proven facts.
What happens next?
Combs appealed the convictions and sentence to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. A three-judge panel heard oral argument on April 9, 2026. The appeal remains pending, so the two convictions and 50-month sentence stay in place unless the appeals court changes them.
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Easy mistakeCombs was convicted, so the jury accepted the government’s entire case.
What the record actually saysThe jury convicted on two counts and acquitted on three. The federal verdict was split.
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Count walkthrough
Count Three · transportation for prostitution involving Casandra Ventura
Charged
The S3 superseding indictment, the final version of the charges used at trial, alleged a federal transportation-for-prostitution offense.
An indictment states the accusation; it is not evidence or a finding of guilt.
Official documentAt trial
The public record included testimony and records about travel, payment, messages, and encounters.
Ventura’s testimony and the records were evidence. Testimony is not automatically a jury finding on every statement.
Reported from courtVerdict
The jury found Combs guilty on Count Three.
The same jury found him not guilty on the separate sex-trafficking charge involving Ventura. The two outcomes must be kept separate.
Official court recordNow
The conviction contributed to a 50-month sentence and is part of the pending appeal.
Oral argument occurred April 9, 2026. No appeals court decision was located as of October 2, 2026.
Official docket + reportingWhat this shows, and what it does not: Count Three produced a conviction. That verdict does not convert the separate not-guilty verdict on sex trafficking into a conviction or reveal precisely why jurors accepted or rejected each witness or argument.
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How the 2016 hotel video fits
Content warning: physical assault. Watching is optional; this explanation stands on its own.
CNN publicly released surveillance footage of Combs physically assaulting Casandra Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel hallway on March 5, 2016. Footage of the incident was shown during the federal trial, alongside testimony from Ventura and hotel witnesses. Prosecutors used the incident as part of their account of violence and control; the defense disputed whether the wider evidence proved the separate sex-trafficking and racketeering charges.
The footage documents that assault. By itself, it does not establish each element of every federal count or explain the jury’s reasoning. The jury acquitted Combs of racketeering conspiracy and both sex-trafficking counts, and convicted him on two transportation-for-prostitution counts. The complete reader connects the footage to testimony, arguments and those distinct outcomes.
Watch the publicly released footage on ABC News ↗ (opens an external ABC News video page; footage was originally obtained by CNN, and ClearPiece does not host it)
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What this preview is based on
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U.S. Attorney’s Office charging release and indictment ↗U.S. Attorney’s Office statement on the verdict ↗U.S. Attorney’s Office case summary noting the 50-month sentence ↗Second Circuit case page, No. 25-2623 ↗Reuters report on the April 9, 2026 appeal argument ↗
Last checked October 2, 2026. No appeals court ruling changing the convictions or 50-month sentence was found.
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