Diddy-Mann Act violation: How much prison sentence will Sean Combs receive? Transportation charge explained
Diddy, a three-time Grammy winner, was convicted of flying people around the country, including his girlfriends and paid male sex workers, to engage in sexual encounters. This is a violation of a 115-year-old federal law called the Mann Act, named for James Mann, an Illinois congressman.
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The law originally prohibited the interstate transport of a woman or girl for 'prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose." It was later updated to be gender-neutral and for any sexual activity "for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense.' What is the maximum sentence for Mann Act?
The maximum potential sentence is 10 years in prison on each of the two counts. Assistant US Attorney Maurene Comey said the government is expected to seek 'a substantial period of incarceration.' What's next?
Sean Diddy Combs remained in custody after the verdict, but his attorneys want him released on bond to await sentencing. Prosecutors oppose it.
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Several celebrities reacted to the Diddy trial verdict.
'Oh, this makes me physically ill,' said singer Aubrey O'Day, formerly of the music group Danity Kane.
'I guess a jury just never wants to believe that a woman stays because of power and coercion, wow,' wrote actor Rosie O'Donnell on Instagram. 'This decision got me angry.'
'Diddy beat the Feds that boy a bad man!' rapper 50 Cent wrote on Instagram.
Rapper Boosie BadAzz said in an Instagram video captioned 'GREAT DAY N HIP HOP" that the courts had spoken.
'I'm tired of seeing us Black moguls get took down like that," he said. He added that he was "tired of seeing us Black people go against us Black moguls like that.'
(With inputs from AP)
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