Jury reaches verdict on four counts in Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial
The jury has reached a partial verdict in the Sean 'Diddy' Combs criminal trial during the second day of deliberations.
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The jury foreperson says they have reached a verdict on four counts.
The counts are: the sex-trafficking of Cassie Ventura; transporting individuals including but not limited to Cassie Ventura to engage in prostitution; sex-trafficking of Jane; transporting individuals including but not limited to Jane to engage in prostitution.
Jane testified under a pseudonym to protect her identity.
The jury cannot reach a verdict on a charge of racketeering conspiracy as jurors on both sides have opinions that are unmovable.
Racketeering conspiracy covers a number of alleged crimes in a criminal scheme or enterprise.
The eight acts Sean Combs is accused of that fall under this charge include kidnapping, arson, bribery, witness tampering, forced labour, sex trafficking, transportation to engage in prostitution, and possession with intent to distribute drugs.
Combs, 55, denies all charges.
If found guilty, he could spend the rest of his life in prison.
The 12-member jury has heard from 34 witnesses over the nearly two month trial.
Ex-girlfriends, former employees of Diddy, male escorts and federal agents appeared on the witness stand.
This comes as the defence lawyers made their final arguments for the trial on Saturday.
Defence attorney Marc Agnifilo pushed back on the "badly exaggerated trial", and said Combs had a "swinger" lifestyle, with the prosecution charging "threesomes as racketeering".
While Agnifilio said the defence "owns the domestic violence", he added Combs "is going to fight to the death to defend himself against what he didn't do".
Moving onto Combs' relationship with Cassie Ventura, who testified against against the rapper, Mr Agnifilo said the relationship is "a great modern love story".
He also described the texts between Ventura and Combs as "some of the most beautiful language" and if the public read them then they would "cry".
He added while the prosecution "is trying to get you to believe it's one-sided", it is in fact "a real relationship and they are in love".
Portraying the relationship, he goes on: "It isn't hard to pick a winner - Cassie flat won. It's not a secret, he's in jail. Marshall's service doing a good job keeping him safe but in jail."
He continued: "Nobody's forcing her to do this. Glod bless her, she’s a sexy woman and that’s what she deserve to be."
Lawyers for Combs also mocked the prosecution for presenting bottles of baby oil as evidence that he engaged in sex trafficking during their closing arguments at his New York trial.
On the subject of Combs' former employee, who testified anonymously as 'Mia', Mr Agnifilo said she was "happy" and "loved working with Sean Combs".
In May, 'Mia' alleged the rapper sexually assaulted her "on more than one occasion".
Mr Agnifilo said the prosecution has "created a false persona of her".