In rejecting Sean “Diddy” Combs’ release on bail, a federal judge confronted the hip-hop impresario with a disturbing aspect of his criminal case that his lawyers couldn’t deny: his history of violence.

Douglas Wigdor, a lawyer for Ms. Ventura, said, “He’s finally been held responsible for two federal crimes, something that he’s never faced in his life.”

Combs was acquitted of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion. Here’s what legal experts say went wrong for the prosecution: