Diddy Defense Team Speaks Outside Courthouse Following Verdict

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Just before 7 PM ET, the defense team walked out of the Manhattan courthouse and addressed the assembled press and crowd outside.

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00:00First, I want to thank my client, Sean Combs, for trusting us.

00:07Myself and everybody here, this incredible dream team that he put together.

00:13Without him, we would not have been able to do this.

00:16He is incredible, and I want to thank him.

00:18I want to thank the jury for putting such great care into this case.

00:24They came early every single day, and I want to thank them.

00:27As I said in my opening, standing between all of us and the drastic consequences of

00:34the criminal convictions of sex trafficking, and RICO is a jury of our peers, and I thank them.

00:41I want to thank the judge, and I want to thank, despite the terrible conditions at the MDC,

00:47I want to thank the good people who work there, who ensured that we had sufficient amount of

00:52time to prepare for trial.

00:54It is extremely difficult to prepare for a federal case in the conditions at the MDC,

01:01and they did everything they could to make that happen.

01:04I want to thank them.

01:05I also have been saying this since the beginning of this case.

01:09Sean Combs has not sexually assaulted anybody.

01:12I have been saying this for months.

01:14We've said it with each lawsuit that came out, and today that was proven true.

01:20The media got it wrong about Sean Combs every single day for nearly two years.

01:26I ask that for every time you guys see a civil lawsuit, criminal complaints or criminal indictments,

01:34you actually take a look and analyze these and see whether or not these are actually going

01:38to stand up in a court of law, because today they did not.

01:43He has not sexually assaulted anybody, certainly hasn't sex trafficked anybody, and the jury found

01:48that today.

01:50Thankfully, in our country, we have a right to a jury trial.

01:58And thankfully, Mr. Combs took that right.

02:02He actually battled for his freedom, for his innocence.

02:06He did it.

02:08And a lot of times, you know, people are too afraid to do it.

02:12And he did it, and we're so happy that he did.

02:15We're proud of him.

02:16We are completely honored that he put his faith and his trust in us to fight for him.

02:24Today is a major win to show what the system can do.

02:28We appreciate and we're so thankful to the jury.

02:32Thank you to the court.

02:33Thank you, New York.

02:34It's been a pleasure being here and fighting in your district.

02:40Thank you so much.

02:41And listen, we appreciate the media.

02:44We do.

02:45There was a lot of reporting on the accusations.

02:49There was a lot of reporting on the indictment.

02:52Please report just as vigorously on the acquittal of these counts, please.

02:58Because that's also the right thing to do.

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