Sean Diddy Combs trial
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The opening statements in the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs have been delivered. Read a summary of the key points made by both prosecution and defence.
Prosecutors allege the rapper used fame and violence to sexually abuse women, while the rapper's attorneys defended his "swinger" lifestyle.
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors will begin trying to prove Monday that Sean “Diddy” Combs turned his hip-hop conglomerate into a racketeering enterprise that forced women to satisfy his sexual desires for two decades.
Lawyers for Misa Hylton, who previously showed support for Diddy accuser Cassie, said that she was at the trial to support her son with the music mogul.
Sean “ Diddy ” Combs’s Manhattan Federal Court sex-trafficking trial enters a new phase Monday, May 12 with opening statements. Diddy, 55, faces five counts on charges such as racketeering conspiracy,
A jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-trafficking trial was selected on Monday, consisting of eight men and four women.
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial properly kicked off Monday morning as the jury was sworn in, and the defense and prosecution offered opening statements. The government’s opening statement from prosecutor Emily A.