Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faced 2001 NYC shooting trial, was acquitted by jury

Freshly indicted Sean “Diddy” Combs faced a trial in New York City in 2001 for firing off a gun inside a Manhattan club, but he was acquitted by a jury at the time.

Combs faced trial for the Dec. 29, 1999, incident at Club New York on West 43rd Street, where three clubgoers were injured.

Combs was specifically accused of firing one shot into the ceiling of the Midtown dance club and then trying to bribe his chauffeur Wardel Fenderson to take the blame for a second gun found inside a getaway car he shared with his then-girlfriend, superstar Jennifer Lopez.

Combs, then 31, faced up to 15 years in prison if convicted on the top charges, but he testified, telling the jury he fired the weapon in self-defense.

“I thought I was being shot at,” he said at the time from the witness stand.

Combs and his bodyguard Anthony “Wolf” Jones were both found not guilty on March 16, 2001, after the jury deliberated for 22 hours.

Young rapper Jamal “Shyne” Barrow was cleared of attempted murder but convicted in the case of first-degree assault for shooting two bystanders.