The bombshell sex-trafficking case against Sean “Diddy” Combs turned out to be the “most expensive prostitution trial in American history,” one expert told The Post.
Defense attorney and former prosecutor Neama Rahmani said Tuesday that if the feds didn’t secure a guilty verdict on the racketeering count against the hip-hop mogul, the case would really only boil down to two prostitution charges.
“Like I’ve said all along, this case will come down to racketeering,” Rahmani said. “If the government doesn’t get a RICO conviction, this will be huge loss and the most expensive prostitution trial in American history.”
Rahmani predicted the outcome of the jury’s verdict — that they would only convict the Bad Boy Records founder of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and that they would acquit on two sex-trafficking charges and one racketeering charge.
The lawyer said sex-trafficking is difficult to prove because “consent is a defense” and Combs’ lawyers had shown a plethora of text messages that Combs’ accusers were eager to participate in “freak-offs” –or sex-marathons with male prostitutes.
“What a tremendous loss for the prosecution. And a huge win for the defense,” Rahmani said after Wednesday’s verdict.
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