A split verdict that saw the fallen rapper and mogul escape being convicted of the more serious charges left observers stumped and ponderous — and looking for answers.

Sean “Diddy” Combs was denied bail on Friday after the jury in his federal sex trafficking trial returned its verdict, convicting him on two lesser charges of transportation to engage in prostitution but clearing the hip-hop mogul of the most serious charges.

On July 2, hours after Combs and his lawyers celebrated being cleared of the top criminal charges he faced, U.S. District Court Judge Arun Subramanian denied Combs bail, issuing an order to keep him incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center.