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Why Diddy's Jury Voted Not Guilty-Sean Diddy Combs Trial Verdict Explained by Celebrity Lawyer

Celebrity lawyer Chris Melcher, who is ranked as a best family law attorney in Los Angeles, CA, explains the verdict in Sean "Diddy" Combs’ federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial on CBS. Host: We are joined now by Chris Melcher, a former sex crimes defense attorney, who is a partner of Walzer Melcher Yoda LLP, which is ranked as a best family law firm in California. Chris, we want to get your take on the verdict and the Sean Combs defense. Chris Melcher: This was the best that he could have hoped for. Under the RICO and sex trafficking charges, he could have been facing a life sentence. And under the charges that he was convicted of, or the jury reached a guilty verdict on, it really could just be probation. Host: Your take from your experience dealing with cases like this, were you at all surprised by this verdict? Chris Melcher: Juries are unpredictable. There were firmly held beliefs by some jurors and an inability to reach a verdict on the RICO charge. And somehow, a good night's sleep allowed them to reconcile some of these things. And what we see is a compromise or negotiation happening in the jury room because they do want to reach a unanimous verdict. They don't want to have the seven weeks of their life go for nothing and have the victim and defendant have to redo the trial, which would've been the consequence, potentially, of a deadlocked jury. So they had to agree on something. And what the compromise was is, "Hey, let's go for the transportation charge. Guilty on those two counts, not guilty on everything else." And that does make some sense because he will be held accountable for his conduct, but not at the serious levels that the government had hoped for. Host. Any chance that they will come back and try to basically appeal this verdict? Chris Melcher: There can always be appeals, but he had a fair trial. There were lots of opportunities to cross-examine witnesses. The judge made appropriate rulings. So I don't think that there's any likelihood of a successful appeal. Had he been convicted on the RICO charge, maybe there could be something there. But on the transportation, that seemed to be firmly established by the testimony that there was transportation of one or both of the victims and these other workers here that he retained across state lines. That would be very difficult, I would think, to win an appeal. Host: Why is it so difficult to get a guilty plea when it comes to racketeering? Chris Melcher: It didn't have the features of the mafia or cartel. ...Prosecution did the best that they could in the closing argument to explain it, but it was just a bridge too far. And the same for the defense saying that these were somehow romantic evenings that we would all enjoy to participate in, no way. Host: Will Sean "Diddy" Combs be allowed to go home today? Chris Melcher: I think that is a very real possibility. ...Many people get out on bail and they don't have to suffer imprisonment or confinement before trial. He has no criminal history. He was acquitted of all these very serious charges that the prosecution made against him. He's going to put up a substantial bond. There's no risk of him fleeing when he's almost served the entire potential sentence already pretrial. And the concerns about witness tampering don't exist anymore because the witnesses have already testified. So I would think that all signs, in my view, point towards him walking out that door today. Host: How long before we officially know what the judge is going to decide on this? Chris Melcher: Well, generally, they take their time on that. There's going to be pretrial interviews or pretrial services interviews. And looking at his history, the motivations for why he did these things, he can now explain there was a drug issue. Maybe there were other things going on in his life that made him engage in this conduct, so he would try and explain it as what we call mitigating factors. He would definitely advertise to the fact that he has no criminal history before. He's going to talk about things that he learned while he was in detention and why he'll lead a different path going forward. And the prosecutor is then going to want to put on these aggravating circumstances. So that may happen, let's say in a month from now, we could see a hearing on that. There's sentencing guidelines. This could go anywhere from no jail time, meaning probation, all the way to 10 years in imprisonment. The guidelines seem to be around 15 to 21 months of imprisonment, and he's already been in custody since September of last year and will get credit for that time, so he could potentially be sentenced to time served. ©2025 CBS. No claims made to copyrighted material. Aired 7/11/25. Walzer Melcher Yoda LLP 5941 Variel Ave Woodland Hills, CA 91367 818-591-3700 #Celebrity Lawyer #TopFamilyLawAttorney #BestFamilyLawAttorney #CelebrityDivorce #CelebrityDivorceLawyer #CelebrityLegalAnalyst