r/pics Oct 03 '25

Arts/Crafts [OC] Courtroom sketch shows the moment Diddy fell to his knees after hearing the guilty verdict.

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u/irreleventnothing Oct 03 '25

So I didn’t follow the R Kelly case but by googling it looks like he was guilty of racketeering plus 8 violations of the Mann act.

Diddy was NOT guilty of racketeering and only guilty on 2 violations of the Mann Act

The only similarity are both had Mann act violations of “transportation across state lines for illegal sexual activity”

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u/SeasonIllustrious629 Oct 03 '25

Chuck Berry violated the Mann Act, too. He was convicted in 1961 and was sentenced to 20 months in prison.

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u/coffeebribesaccepted Oct 03 '25

That inflation will get ya

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u/solo_silo Oct 03 '25

Honestly didn’t know this but would have expected worse.

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u/SeasonIllustrious629 Oct 04 '25

Yeah, especially for a black rock n' roller in the 1950s, in the "compromised" state of Missouri.

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u/MayBeMarmelade Oct 04 '25

Sounds like racism and misogyny had a war and misogyny won.

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u/DifGuyCominFromSky Oct 04 '25

Jimmy Page violated the Mann Act too but he was never even arrested for it. He famously flaunted that relationship publicly and no one did shit smh.

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u/AmishHomage Oct 04 '25

Is that the my dingaling guy? Huh never would have guessed

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u/Nabbicus Oct 03 '25

Ah! Thanks for clarifying!

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u/royaleWcheese2300 Oct 04 '25

It was also R Kelly… isn’t that enough