It was a dramatic end to a gripping trial that concluded in its ninth week and transfixed the US and the world at large.
These were sexual performances during which his girlfriends had sex with male escorts in front of him while he directed them and masturbated.
Defence lawyers comfort Combs after jurors reached a verdict on four of the five charges against him (Photo: Jane Rosenberg/ Reuters)
The convictions on the two charges of transportation to engage in prostitution of his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, a woman known as “Jane”, and others mean he faces up to 20 years in jail, although this is likely to be far less than that given he’s a first-time offender.
The verdict raises questions about the prosecution’s decision to go after Combs, whose lawyers said he was engaging in private conduct and not a “criminal enterprise”.
Combs with Cassie Ventura in Los Angeles in 2016 (Photo: Chris Delmas / FP via Getty Images)
It showed in stark terms what happens when, as the prosecution put it, a powerful man “doesn’t take no for an answer”.
During their abusive, decade-long relationship, if she failed to obey him he would beat her, slap her and kick her, the jury was told.
The level of control that Combs exerted over Ms Ventura was profoundly disturbing.
Ms Ventura cries on the stand during the sex trafficking trial in May (Photo: Jane Rosenberg/ Reuters)Combs claimed he was about to be arrested and that he would never see her — but it was all a lie just to manipulate her into keeping quiet.
Despite being seen by the jury several times, it never lost its shock value.
In a rage, Combs threw a bottle at her, grabbed her by the hair and dragged her into the bedroom.
Janice Combs, centre, mother of Sean Combs, gives a thumbs up as she departs with her children and family members after jury reached a full verdict (Photo: Timothy A Clary/ AFP via Getty Images)That need for control by Combs was apparent the single time he stood up to address the court to announce he was not going to testify in his defence.
Another striking moment came during the judge’s instructions, normally one of the dullest parts of the trial.
A courtroom sketch shows Combs watching surveillance footage of himself beating Ms Ventura and dragging her along a corridor at the InterContinental Hotel in California in 2016 (Photo: Jane Rosenberg/ Reuters)
A man who should have been testifying was instead smiling and giving handshakes to his boss’s sons.
One does have to wonder how different the verdict would have been if people like Muhammad had been among the witnesses.
Jeffrey Epstein had Maxwell and Weinstein had numerous assistants who arranged for women to be moved around and abused.
It was unbelievable that Combs’ chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, was not in the dock with him: she was so close with Combs that she even texted from his phone.
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When Diddy wanted to bribe the security for the CCTV footage of the 2016 hotel incident, Khorram was the one who went to ask for it, the jury was told.
Aside from Combs’ victims there was one group of people for whom I felt genuine sympathy: his family.
The children sat nervously in the public gallery, passing notes to each other, hugging one another and listening to extremely graphic testimony about their father’s sexual habits and drug abuse.
For Combs’ victims, this verdict was some semblance of justice that should have come a long time ago.
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