New Delhi, July 3 -- Sean "Diddy" Combs secured a partial victory in his high-profile federal trial after a jury acquitted him of racketeering and sex trafficking charges. The music mogul, who faced life in prison if convicted of those counts, was instead found guilty on two lesser charges of transporting people for prostitution. Prosecutors had argued Combs ran a criminal "enterprise" using his Bad Boy Entertainment empire to coerce women into drug-fueled "freak-off" parties with male escorts.

But jurors rejected the racketeering claim, the trial's most contentious charge, after deadlocking Tuesday amid "unpersuadable opinions." Legal experts suggest jurors likely didn't see Combs' staff as co-conspirators in a mafia-style operation, a ...