US EditionJury selection to begin in Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial
- Sean 'Diddy' Combs, a 55-year-old hip-hop entrepreneur, faces trial starting May 5, 2025, in New York on sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
- The indictment accuses Combs of leading a two-decade pattern of abuse involving drug-fueled sexual performances called 'Freak Offs' and racketeering conspiracy.
- Prosecutors claim Combs used influence, violence, and coercion including beatings, kidnapping, and arson, while allies enabled his alleged criminal enterprise.
- The 17-page indictment likens the case to a Mafia prosecution, and Combs’ former girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who recorded abuse in 2016, is expected as a key witness.
- Jury selection could last about a week, with the trial lasting at least eight weeks, where Combs and his lawyer Marc Agnifilo maintain his innocence and consensual conduct.
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial gets underway with jury selection
Paras Griffin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jury selection starts Monday in the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, beginning the first courtroom test of whether one of hip-hop’s most important figures used power and wealth amassed in the music, clothing and spirits industries to sexually abuse, coerce and exploit alleged victims for decades. Known by various names through the years – Puffy, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy and Love – Combs beca…
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