Diddy Trial Verdict — NOT GUILTY

Jurors reached a final verdict in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal sex-trafficking trial Wednesday morning in Manhattan.

The rapper and entertainment mogul was acquitted of the most serious charges against him — racketeering (RICO) and sex-trafficking — that could have landed him life in prison. He was found guilty only of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, the Mann Act. He was denied bail later in the evening, by the judge overseeing his trial, and ordered to remain behind bars until his sentencing.

The jury had agreed to a verdict on four of the five charges Tuesday against the disgraced hip-hop mogul, but told the judge they couldn’t come to a consensus on the top charge of racketeering conspiracy.

Diddy was accused of using his fame and fortune to run a decades-long criminal enterprise in which he controlled and manipulated his longtime ex-girlfriend, R&B singer Cassie Ventura, and others using violence and threats — forcing them into acting out his twisted fantasies with drug-fueled “freak-off” sex marathons that went on for days.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey played a leading role on the eight-member team that prosecuted rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs in a sex trafficking and racketeering trial that came to a close Wednesday with mixed results.

The daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, Maurene Comey faced a setback when the jury found the performer not guilty of some of the most serious charges, including racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. However, the jury did side with prosecutors on two counts, finding Combs guilty of violating the Mann Act of 1910 by transporting women across state lines for prostitution.