The US rapper has been convicted on prostitution-related charges but has been acquitted of more serious felonies

US hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has avoided a life sentence after being acquitted of racketeering and sex trafficking on Wednesday, although he was convicted on two felony counts linked to prostitution.

Former partners of Combs testified during the seven-week trial at a Manhattan federal court that he had pressured them into having sex with others for his own voyeuristic gratification at events dubbed “freak-offs.”

The rapper faced the possibility of life in prison had he been convicted on the more serious charges, although the…

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