Here is a list of some of the most prominent men to face criminal charges in recent years and the outcome of those cases.
FILE - Sean"Diddy" Combs appears at the premiere of"Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story" on June 21, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Since the #MeToo movement took off, a multitude of male celebrities have been accused of sexual misconduct, but only a handful of those in the music and film industries who have actually faced criminal charges.
A retrial has been scheduled and Manhattan prosecutors this week brought a new indictment with additional allegations from another woman. The trial had been scheduled to start in November but is now unlikely to begin until 2025. Cosby, now 87, has been accused of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment by more than 60 women. He has denied all allegations involving sex crimes.Federal juries in Chicago and New York convicted Kelly of crimes that include producing child sexual abuse materials and federal sex trafficking charges.
Prosecutors said he used violence and threats of blackmail to keep people from speaking out. Combs, 54, faces federal racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges that could put him in prison for at least 15 years if he is convicted on all counts.
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