Aubrey O’Day Says She Feels ‘Ill’ After Diddy Acquittal on Sex Trafficking, Racketeering Charges

Aubrey O’Day broke her silence after Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted of a prostitution-related offense but acquitted of more serious charges in a shocking verdict handed down at the end of his federal trial.

“Wow,” the former Danity Kane singer, 41, reacted in the caption of an Instagram video posted on Wednesday, July 2, while watching CNN journalists read the verdict in her clip.

“This makes me physically ill,” O’Day said in response to the news. “I’m gonna vomit.”

As Globe previously reported, a New York jury convicted Combs, 55, on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution on July 2. However, he was acquitted of three other charges, including two counts of sex trafficking and one count of racketeering conspiracy.

“Thank you,” Combs said in the courtroom after the verdict, per People. “Love you mom. I love you, I love you, I love you.”

Combs also knelt down and bowed his head in gratitude, according to multiple reports. He now faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, but has avoided life behind bars.

The music mogul was arrested in September 2024 and later pleaded not guilty to charges including sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution, denying all of the allegations against him.

Prior to the bombshell verdict, O’Day had been outspoken against Combs throughout his legal battle. The “Show Stopper” singer worked closely with the record producer, notably competing on his reality show Making the Band 3, which aired on MTV from 2005 to 2006.

O’Day was selected alongside Aundrea Fimbres, D. Woods, Dawn Richard and Shannon Bex to form the music group Danity Kane, which was signed by Diddy’s Bad Boy Records.

Combs later announced that O’Day had been kicked out of the group when the Making the Band 4 finale aired in 2008.

Many fans expected O’Day to testify in the trial after receiving a subpoena, but she ultimately opted against taking the stand despite fellow bandmate Richard, 41, serving as a witness for the prosecution.

“I don’t wish for things like testifying in a federal trial,” the Celebrity Apprentice alum told E! News in an interview published on June 27. “I wish for inner peace and a really good boba tea.”

“This wouldn’t be a situation in which I’m meant to speak in … Because these are specific crimes,” O’Day further explained, also revealing what outcome would feel as though justice had been served.

“I would like to see all of the crimes that I know are true, for him to serve time for all of those, personally,” O’Day said at the time.

“Professionally, I would like the prosecution to have done such an incredible job that nobody had any questions right now,” she added. “I would like to see a world in which they really connected the dots. I’d like to see them really bring home the charges that they indicted him for.”