Prosecutors said he arranged for paid sexual encounters between his girlfriends and male sex workers. The Bad Boy Records founder was acquitted of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges that could have led to a life sentence. In their submission, Combs' lawyers argued that the jury sent a message by exonerating Combs of the most serious charges. Inmate approached Combs with a shiv, lawyers sayCombs’s life in prison has been harrowing at times, his lawyers said. I didn’t act like a man,” Combs said, according to the lawyers.