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\n\tSean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs was found guilty of two prostitution-related counts in federal court on Wednesday, but not guilty of the far more severe racketeering and two sex-trafficking charges. His lead attorney, Marc Agnifilo, told Judge Arun Subramanian that \u201cCombs has been given his life by the jury\u201d in a post-verdict statement. If convicted on the racketeering and sex-trafficking charges, he faced a potential life sentence. Combs seemed to think the same, cheering on his way out of the courtroom after the verdict.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tHis mood was likely dampened when his bail was denied, with Subramanian deciding that<\/a> \u201ceven if the defendant was solely required to show that he is not a danger to the community, he could not meet that burden. Prior to trial, the court denied bail, and sees no reason to reverse that now. The defense conceded the defendant\u2019s violence.\u201d Combs will remain incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center awaiting sentencing at a later date.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tWhen Combs was first indicted on RICO charges, and news broke that federal agents had seized videotapes from his homes in raids, onlookers forecast a massive reckoning for the entertainment industry. There was a sense that other powerful figures would be implicated and held accountable. But there\u2019s been no such referendum. There are conversations happening about violence at the hands of powerful men in the entertainment industry, but too many people still don\u2019t take women\u2019s abuse seriously. Survivors like Casandra \u201cCassie\u201d Ventura\u00a0were reminded that they could spill their darkest trauma, yet still face endless public scrutiny and skepticism.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tYesterday, content creators stood outside the courthouse pouring baby oil on each other and wearing shirts that say, \u201cA freako is not RICO.\u201d Much of the skepticism surrounding the Combs trial hinges on the prosecution\u2019s claim that he helmed a criminal racketeering organization. Onlookers have repeatedly echoed Boosie\u2019s X post<\/a> that \u201cI don\u2019t see no crimes committed in this case,\u201d or singer Tiny\u2019s Instagram summation<\/a> that \u201cppl wanna charge you for being freaky.\u201d Commentator Bill Maher told TMZ that he felt Combs should be incarcerated, but that he didn\u2019t think the accusations \u201cconstituted\u201d a RICO case. He also questioned why Ventura didn\u2019t leave him earlier. Some members of the Joe Budden Podcast<\/em><\/a> were skeptical that the prosecution had proved their racketeering charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n