Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty

What the prosecution then presented was a very nuanced form of abuse that they were alleging, something that happened between romantic partners.

which paled in comparison for a lot of people to what they'd heard on social media.

Now, I saw what the effect that this was happening on the ground.

The support for Diddy by the end of the trial didn't double, didn't triple.

It was overwhelming.

I mean, the defense finished to a round of applause in the courtroom during closing arguments.

And when they were talking to the judge about whether Diddy had had a fair trial or not,

They said, my client's name has been dragged through the mud.

They've called him a witch.

They've said he's abusing children.

There were no accusations about children.

They said these things in court to the judge.

They said it in press releases afterwards.

And then if you looked at what happened on social media in the court of public opinion, he had gone from being literally the worst person in the world to somebody that had been targeted by the federal government of the United States, a private individual, an African-American man that was being torn down,

What was presented was bad.

He's a convicted criminal.

On two charges of transportation for prostitution, which is not a victimless crime.

And it was difficult to listen to what those women got up and testified to on the stand.

And there were people who really suffered at his hands there.

But it is the lowest amount of time in jail.