Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted on charges of transportation to engage in prostitution, Jason Swain’s mind raced back more than three decades to the Manhattan gymnasium where his brother and eight other young people were crushed to death.

As the jury foreperson announced not guilty on the racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charge involving Combs' former girlfriend, Casandra Ventura — the R&B singer known as Cassie — Combs put his hand to his face, his fingers resting on his temples.

The music mogul was convicted of less serious offenses, a blow for prosecutors who had targeted him in a sprawling case that alleged he ran a criminal enterprise for over two decades.