Pugs returns for the finale to cover Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sentencing in Manhattan. Judge Aram Subramanian gives Combs 50 months for two counts of transporting individuals for prostitution, with credit for time served still to be determined. The day features arguments about mental health, addiction, and PTSD from the defense, a prosecution push for enhancements, and the judge’s decision to weigh conduct tied to acquitted charges, including the Cassie hotel video. Victim 3, identified as Virginia “Gina” Hyun, is revealed through a letter to the court stating she was not trafficked and felt prosecutors tried to cast her as a victim. Combs’ children speak, the defense plays an 11 minute highlight reel, and Combs delivers an apology to Cassie, “Jane,” and victims of domestic violence. Pugs closes the series with reaction to the 50 month term and what it means for the case that began as a sweeping trafficking prosecution and ended with two Mann Act convictions.

Diddy Found Guilty on Four Counts, Hung Jury on Rico

The jury has delivered its verdict in the federal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs: guilty on four sex trafficking-related charges, with no agreement reached on the most serious charge—racketeering conspiracy. The judge declared a mistrial on Count 1, leaving the door open for federal prosecutors to retry that charge later.

Pugs Moran breaks down the moment the verdict was read: Diddy, dressed in all white and surrounded by his all-black-clad defense team, looked visibly shaken as the mandatory 15-year minimums for each conviction sank in. While the hung jury on the Rico count offers a sliver of ambiguity, the four convictions carry devastating consequences—and make clear the jury rejected the defense’s version of events.

The courtroom tension was thick, but the message was blunt. Despite early predictions of an acquittal, the panel didn’t buy it. Whether it was the witness testimony, the weight of the accusations, or the lasting impact of that Cassie hotel video, jurors came back with a clear majority view: this was no smear campaign.

With sentencing ahead and a possible retrial on the Rico charge still looming, this saga is far from over—but for Diddy, today’s verdict changes everything.

Diddy Trial Deliberations: A Partial Verdict and Mounting Tension

Day two of jury deliberations brought a jolt of adrenaline to the Diddy trial circus. For a brief moment, the buzz was that a verdict might finally be in. Instead, the jury sent word that they’ve reached agreement on some charges—counts 2, 3, 4, and 5—but remain deadlocked on the big one: Count 1, the racketeering conspiracy charge. And that partial verdict has Pugs Moran more than a little rattled.

Let’s be clear: those four charges they’ve settled on are not minor technicalities. They’re all related to sex trafficking and carry mandatory minimum sentences of 15 years each. So even if the jury ends up hung on Count 1, Diddy could be facing a devastating outcome. The optics in the courtroom reflected that weight—Diddy, dressed in all white and surrounded by a sea of black-clad defense attorneys, reportedly looked like a man staring down doom.

Adding to the pressure: the calendar. With July 4th looming, Judge Subramanian made it clear he’s not giving anyone the day off early. If there’s no decision by Wednesday, jurors will be working on July 3rd, holiday or not. Whether that motivates them to wrap things up—or fractures things further—remains to be seen.

Pugs, stunned by how close this now feels to a conviction, suggests the Cassie hotel video might be tipping the scales. Even though it’s not part of the formal charges, it may be haunting at least some jurors who simply can’t unsee it. After weeks of confidently predicting an acquittal, Pugs now admits he might have underestimated just how much that footage—and raw human emotion—would sway the room. Tomorrow, it seems, could be the end—or the start of something even messier.