'Law & Order: SVU' Star Shares Bold Response to Diddy Trial Verdict
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David ArtaviaJuly 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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'Law & Order: SVU' Star Shares Bold Response to Diddy Trial Verdict originally appeared on Parade.
Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay is speaking out about Sean "Diddy" Combs's verdict.
"Combs joins a long line of powerful and famous men who have allegedly engaged in abuse, yet faced minimal consequence," she wrote on her Instagram Stories alongside a headline from Glamour magazine about the verdict.
Mariska Hargitay responds to the Diddy trial verdict with a repost via Instagram Stories. pic.twitter.com/m4qG6YJkyY
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Combs was acquitted of major racketeering and sex-trafficking charges but found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
Hargitay isn't the only Hollywood actress to speak out against the verdict.
On Wednesday, Rosie O'Donnell posted a photo of the TV report about it on Instagram.
"I guess a jury just never wants to believe that a woman stays because of power and coercion," she captioned the post. "Wow - they just think women stay because what? money - fame - 'they love the abuse' - what a f--king joke - this decision got me angry #cassie."
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Former Diddy collaborator Aubrey O'Day also reacted strongly to news that he had been acquitted of three charges in his federal case.
"Wow," O'Day, 41, wrote on her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, July 2, alongside a video of CNN anchors announcing the verdict. "This makes me physically ill," she added. "I'm gonna vomit."
Outside the courthouse, the mood was drastically different. Diddy's supporters broke into celebration, with some fans captured on video dousing themselves in baby oil amid the post-verdict chaos.
The baby oil references were a direct callback to the trial, where prosecutors repeatedly cited Combs' alleged use of it during drug-fueled sexual encounters known as "freak offs."
The judge in Diddy's trial has since denied him bail and ordered the rapper to remain in jail until sentencing, which the judge suggested might be in October.
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'Law & Order: SVU' Star Shares Bold Response to Diddy Trial Verdict first appeared on Parade on Jul 3, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 3, 2025, where it first appeared.
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