What to Know
- Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial has resumed in New York.
- Testimony in the lower Manhattan courtroom began Monday afternoon, after a final phase of jury selection and opening statements from the lawyers wrapped up.
- Wearing a white sweater and with his hair gone gray, Combs hugged his lawyers and gave a thumbs-up to supporters on the wooden court benches behind him.
- Combs has pleaded not guilty.
- His lawyers say prosecutors are wrongly trying to make a crime out of a party-loving lifestyle that may have been indulgent but was not illegal.
- Combs could get at least 15 years in prison if he is convicted on all charges.
Federal prosecutors began 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.
Testimony in Combs’ New York trial began Monday after a final phase of jury selection and opening statements from the lawyers.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges including one count of racketeering conspiracy, two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
