Sean “Diddy” Combs: Jury Reaches Verdict in 4 of 5 Federal Criminal Charges

The jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal case has reached a verdict on four out of five charges but have not reached a consensus on one charge due to “unpersuadable views.” Court will resume July 2

After two days of deliberations, the 12-member jury—who has been tasked with considering charges including racketeering and sex trafficking against the Bad Boy Records founder—has reached a verdict on four of the five counts.

However, the jury alerted U.S. District Judge Aran Subramanian July 1 that they are unable to reach a verdict on the racketeering charge due to “unpersuadable views,” per NBC News, who has reporters in the courtroom.

In order for the jury to find Combs guilty on the one count of racketeering, Subramanian told jurors June 30 they must find there was a spoken or unspoken agreement by at least two people to participate in a criminal enterprise.

Furthermore, they must believe that Combs was a willful member of the enterprise and knowingly committed two predicate crimes—which could include kidnapping, arson, bribery, possession with intent to distribute narcotics, sex trafficking, witness tampering, forced labor or transportation for the purpose of prostitution—as part of the criminal conspiracy, per NBC News.