Sean Combs was acquitted of sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy (RICO charges), the most serious charges against him, on Wednesday. He was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, lesser charges that essentially amount to a slap on the wrist.

The jury’s verdict ends a highly publicized trial that focused on Diddy’s sordid lifestyle, pattern of abusive behavior, and his frequent demands that his romantic partners engage in “freak-offs,” sex marathons that Diddy would organize and watch. The prosecution based its case on testimony from two of Diddy’s ex-lovers, Casandra Ventura (known professionally in the industry as “Cassie”) and a “Jane Doe” who accused the rapper of assault, and from “Mia,” an ex-assistant who accused Diddy of abuse and assault.

The defense never argued that Diddy was a good person, and it never tried to refute allegations of abuse or drug use. It didn’t have to. The prosecution massively overcharged Diddy, and it couldn’t deliver.

The hefty charge of racketeering could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. His bad behavior didn’t prove that Diddy was a criminal mastermind running a vast, organized sex-trafficking enterprise — which prosecutors had to show in order to prove a RICO charge.

Southern District of New York prosecutors proved that Diddy abused women and engaged in gross voyeuristic sex acts, but they were ultimately unable to prove that Diddy’s misdeeds made him a mob boss. As the shirt of one supporter, outside of the courthouse, read: “A freako is not a R.I.C.O.”

After weeks of testimony from women who were beaten, choked, drugged, emotionally abused, and assaulted by Diddy, it feels as though the music mogul escaped justice. Diddy likely won’t rebound professionally, but, then again, multiple people in the music industry and who attended his celebrity parties testified that his behavior was something of an open secret in the industry — his status as a hip-hop god simply made him untouchable.

Diddy’s reputation has been tainted by scandal throughout his career. This week’s verdicts may allow this chapter in his life to become yet another scandal that his professional reputation survives.