Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs recently received a standing ovation from his fellow inmates following a significant courtroom triumph.
Combs’ attorney, Marc Agnifilo, revealed in a recent statement that the rapper’s inmates at a Brooklyn detention center cheered him on for “beating” a high-profile federal case.
“They all said, ‘We never get to see anyone who beats the government,'” Agnifilo told The Associated Press in a weekend interview, just days after a jury exonerated Combs of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges.
Despite the acquittal, the disgraced music mogul has been ordered to remain in federal custody. He will stay detained until his sentencing hearing, scheduled for October 3.
While Prosecutor Maurene Comey stated that the government will seek the maximum 20-year sentence for Combs on charges of transportation to engage in prostitution, his defense team had pushed for a reduced sentence and requested his release on a $1 million bond—a request that was ultimately denied by authorities.
