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Sean "Diddy" Combs has been found guilty on 2 counts in his high-profile criminal trial. The fallen mogul was found guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution but not guilty on sex trafficking and racketeering charges. He was acquitted of the latter two, the more serious charges in the case and what federal prosecutors spent six weeks trying to prove to the jury to no avail.

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00:00Sean Diddy Combs has been found guilty on two counts in his high-profile criminal trial.

00:06The fallen mogul was found guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution,

00:10but not guilty on sex trafficking and racketeering charges. He was acquitted of the latter,

00:15the more serious charges in the case, and what federal prosecutors spent six weeks trying to

00:20prove to the jury to no avail. On Wednesday, the jury read their verdict after deliberating for

00:2612 hours and decided that the government's argument that he was at the center of a criminal

00:30enterprise run through his company, Combs Global, now renamed Combs Enterprises, was not used for

00:37nefarious purposes that ultimately led to the trafficking of multiple women. Before Combs was

00:42let out by court marshals, he knelt down in front of his chair and bowed his head in prayer,

00:47then turned toward the gallery and clapped, which led to an eruption of applause from the onlookers.

00:52For six weeks at the federal courthouse in downtown Manhattan, the all-women team of

00:57federal prosecutors presented dozens of witnesses and showed evidence that failed to convince the

01:02jury of New Yorkers that Combs was guilty of using his company as a criminal enterprise

01:07and conspiring with his associates and employees to traffic and abuse women. Two of those women,

01:12R&B singer Cassie and a woman using the pseudonym Jane, took the witness stand to deliver testimony

01:18detailing the abuse they suffered at the hands of Combs. For more on this story, head to THR.com

01:24and for the latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.

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