A Manhattan federal jury deadlocked Tuesday on the top charge of racketeering conspiracy against music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, but reached a verdict on four of the other charges that include sex trafficking and transporting male prostitutes across state lines.

"We have jurors with unpersuadable opinions on both sides," U.S. District Court Judge Arun Subramanian read the note aloud in the courtroom.

The judge, after consulting with the defense lawyers and prosecutors, told the panel of four women and eight men to return to the deliberation room and continue to hash out a verdict on all five federal charges. But the panel went home at 5 p.m. without reaching a full verdict.

"Each of you must decide the case for himself or herself," Subramanian said, urging the jury to hold off on announcing the partial verdict.

Subramanian also asked jurors in that instance to work through their differences and reminded them of their duty to apply the law to the evidence and come up with a verdict.

Combs, who faces a possible life sentence if convicted on the racketeering charge, pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

To convict on the racketeering conspiracy, the jurors have to agree that he committed two other crimes that supported his illegal enterprise.

Jurors heard seven weeks of testimony from 34 witnesses for the prosecution regarding what they said was a 20-year criminal streak to support his compulsion to watch male prostitutes have sex with his girlfriends, which he called "freak-offs."

Prosecutors said Combs, who founded Bad Boy Records and Sean John fashion company and helped build several liquor brands, used the money from his conglomerate, as well as security staff, personal assistants and other personnel, to support his sexual desires.

Two women, pop singer Casandra Ventura and another former girlfriend who testified under the pseudonym "Jane," testified that Combs coerced them — threatening to cut off financial support or to release videos of the sex binges, or at other times, becoming violent if they refused to continue to engage in freak-offs.

Jurors saw videos of the sex acts, as well as surveillance recordings of Combs attacking Ventura in the lobby of the InterContinental hotel in 2016. Photos in court showed her with bruising on her legs, face and back.

She sued him for sex trafficking and rape in 2023, settling the case days later for $20 million. Ventura also settled a lawsuit with the hotel for $10 million, according to testimony.

Defense attorneys have argued that these women were active participants and enjoyed the group sex, calling it a "swinger lifestyle." Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo, in his closing argument, said the government went after his client's personal life after it failed to find any issues with his companies.

"They take yellow crime scene tape, figuratively, and they wrap it around his bedroom," he said. "Crime scene — your bedroom, your hotel rooms, where you go with your girlfriends."

Prosecutors argued that the testimonies show a pattern of racketeering supported by arson, kidnapping, forced labor, witness tampering, bribery, drug distribution, sex trafficking and transporting male prostitutes.

According to the late-afternoon note from the jurors, they could not unanimously reach a verdict on the racketeering charge.

They have, however, reached a verdict on two counts of sex trafficking and two counts of transporting male escorts across state lines for the purpose of prostitution.

The note, which came in at 4:05 p.m., prompted Combs' eight defense attorneys to huddle around him to confer on their response as he sat at the defense table.

Outside the courtroom, peals of thunder could be heard as a light rain fell, cutting the summer heat.

It is possible for the jurors to return a partial verdict depending on which charges they decide are proven or not proven, but customarily that would happen after lengthier deliberations.

Subramanian has offered to allow the jury to come to the courthouse on Thursday, a day the court was scheduled to be closed, to continue poring over the case.

Agnifilo asked the judge to wait until the end of the day on Wednesday to inform them of that option.

"The jury, some of them, may feel rushed to render a verdict more quickly than otherwise," he said.

If the jury continues to hang on the racketeering conspiracy charge, the judge could read them an admonishment known as an Allen charge, which reminds jurors of their sworn duty and encourages them to continue deliberating longer to reach a unanimous decision.

Deliberations resume Wednesday morning.