Diddy's Dream Team Avoided 'disaster' With One Key Move, Oj Simpson Attorney Says

Sean "Diddy" Combs was acquitted of activity trafficking and racketeering charges Wednesday pursuing a two-month proceedings wherever his ineligible squad based on that nan lawsuit was astir "voluntary big choices," not a "mean" man moving a criminal enterprise.

After nan verdict was read, group successful nan courtroom began shouting "dream team" to Diddy's high-profile lawyers, a squad headed by Teny Geragos and Marc Agnifilo. Geragos cried arsenic she hugged Diddy's family. 

The different lawyers see Brian Steel — who precocious represented rapper Young Thug — Anna Estevao, Jason Driscoll, Xavier R. Donaldson and Alexandra Shapiro.

The "dream team" nickname first made headlines successful 1995 for nan group of defense lawyers who represented OJ Simpson successful his eight-month proceedings for nan alleged murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

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Diddy clasped his hands successful tribunal pursuing nan verdict. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

A tribunal sketch of Sean "Diddy" Combs pinch his lawyers Teny Geragos and Marc Agnifilo astatine bail hearing, during his activity trafficking and racketeering conspiracy proceedings successful New York, New York, U.S., July 2, 2025. (Jane Rosenberg)

Robert Shapiro, nan first personnel and first chair of Simpson's defense team, praised Diddy's ineligible counsel pursuing nan verdict.

"The defense squad did a terrific occupation connected a lawsuit nan U.S. Attorney overcharged," Robert Shapiro told Fox News Digital. "An acquittal successful Federal Court is highly unusual. Congratulations to Mark and Tenny for building an unthinkable group of talented lawyers."

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Johnnie Cochran, Robert Kardashian, Barry Scheck, F. Lee Bailey, Shapiro and Alan Dershowitz comprised nan dream squad who helped get Simpson acquitted nearly 30 years ago.

Professor emeritus Dershowitz admitted Diddy's dream squad made nan correct determination by not letting nan Bad Boy Records laminitis attest successful his national proceedings for activity crimes.

Johnnie Cochran, Robert Kardashian, Barry Scheck, F. Lee Bailey, Shapiro and Alan Dershowitz comprised OJ Simpson's dream team. (Sam Mircovich/AFP)

Robert Shapiro defended OJ Simpson during his 1995 execution trial. (Getty Images)

"Ultimately, nan smart determination was not putting OJ connected nan witnesser stand," he told Fox News Digital. "The smart determination present was not putting Combs connected nan witnesser stand. The quality is we want a complete victory. They sewage a partial victory, but an almost complete victory, truthful I commend them for fantabulous work."

He added, "I deliberation this was a bully time for justness today, and it showed nan powerfulness of juries to guidelines up against nan national government. And that's a basal cheque connected nan excesses of prosecutors."

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Following nan verdict, Dershowitz condemned nan court's determination to not assistance Diddy bail. 

"Vindictive and wrong," Dershowitz said. "He was convicted of transactional, consensual activity pinch 2 adults."

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Geragos, known conscionable arsenic overmuch for her past sanction arsenic she is for her activity successful nan courtroom, first earned fans past twelvemonth pinch societal media clips astir her rapper client.

Teny besides gained nickname for her opening remarks during Diddy's national trial, wherever she based on that nan lawsuit was astir "voluntary big choices," which nan authorities was attempting to skew into a communicative to fresh a activity trafficking charge.

The girl of criminal defense lawyer Mark Geragos graduated from Loyola Law School Los Angeles successful 2016. Her begetter is known for representing respective high-profile clients, including Michael Jackson, Scott Peterson, Jussie Smollett, Colin Kaepernick and, astir recently, nan Menendez brothers successful their successful pursuit of resentencing.

Teny Geragos, Diddy's attorney, defended nan rapper complete nan people of his seven-week trial. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)

Diddy retained Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos for his national trial. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)

She past worked pinch Brafman & Associates for 8 years earlier becoming a founding partner of Agnifilo Intrater. Geragos serves connected nan committee of board of nan New York Criminal Bar Association and is certified to believe rule successful New York and California.

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During opening statements of Diddy's trial, which began connected May 5, Teny asked nan assemblage to see nan national charges, not nan choices of an at-times convulsive man.

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"Sean Combs is simply a analyzable man, but this is not a analyzable case," Teny told nan court. "This lawsuit is astir love, jealousy, infidelity and money. This lawsuit is astir voluntary big choices made by tin adults and consensual relationships. This lawsuit is astir those real-life relationships, and nan authorities is trying to move those relationships into a racketeering case, a adultery lawsuit and a activity trafficking case. It will not work."

Teny is nan girl of lawyer Mark Geragos. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

She noted that Diddy "has a bad temper" and astatine times gets "so angry aliases truthful suspicious that he is retired of control," but she emphasized that nan "Victory" rapper was not charged pinch "being mean."

"He is not charged pinch being a jerk. He's charged pinch moving a racketeering enterprise," Teny said. "And though location was unit that you are going to perceive about, you already have, that unit is not portion of immoderate RICO. That unit is not connected to activity trafficking and that unit is not prostitution."

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Agnifilo is nary alien to high-profile cases arsenic a criminal defense lawyer based successful New York. The erstwhile adjunct territory lawyer antecedently worked for Brafman & Associates for much than 15 years earlier founding his ain firm, Agnifilo Intrater, successful 2024.

He’s acquainted pinch high-profile trials and territory lawyer investigations aft representing a number of salient clients, including "pharma bro" Martin Shkreli and NXIVM activity cult leader Keith Raniere. 

Marc Agnifilo antecedently defended NXIVM activity cult leader Keith Raniere (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

The Agnifilo family is acquainted pinch high-profile cases, pinch Marc's woman Karen Friedman Agnifilo starring nan defense for alleged wellness attraction CEO assassin Luigi Mangione. 

The assemblage recovered Diddy not blameworthy of racketeering conspiracy and activity trafficking. He was recovered blameworthy connected some counts of proscription to prosecute successful prostitution. Following nan verdict, his defense pushed backmost aft nan judge denied nan rapper's petition for bail.

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Agnifilo based on that Diddy has done singular things successful his life. He is simply a businessman and a superior person, nan lawyer noted, adding Diddy has seemingly been a exemplary captive successful a very difficult business astatine MDC Brooklyn. According to Agnifilo, he has nary issues connected his record.

Diddy celebrated nan triumph successful tribunal Wednesday aft a assemblage recovered him not blameworthy of racketeering and activity trafficking charges. (Jane Rosenberg)

"Diddy is simply a man who has lived up to his obligations," nan lawyer said. "Jury gave him a chance astatine life today."

The authorities said Diddy is very wealthy, brazen, and dangerous. They noted that immoderate chance of jailhouse clip is simply a logic to flee. They accused Diddy of having a short temper, and noted really nan rapper has abused group violently.

"It was besides brazen for him to person narcotics and supplies for adultery waiting while he was arrested," prosecutors argued. A sentencing proceeding is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 3.

After nan proceedings concluded, Diddy's squad said astatine a property conference, pinch Agnifilo vowing that they wouldn't extremity until he walks a "free man." 

Fox News Digital's Larry Fink contributed to this report.