The trial of rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is facing multiple charges of assault, violence, trafficking and racketeering, has started with its day one beginning with jury selection.
After the jury selection, the trial began with opening statements of prosecution followed by statement of the defense team.
Diddy denied all charges previously turning down the plea deal.
The disgraced rapper’s defense team opened their statements on Monday making the accusation that for many of his alleged victims, the answer is “money”.
“This case is about Sean Combs’s private, personal sex life, which has nothing to do with his lawful businesses.”, Diddy’s lawyer Teny Geragos told the court.
Teny reiterated that many of Diddy’s accusers are “strong, capable women” who were not victims of sex trafficking.
The defense team has argued that all of Diddy’s relationships and activities were consensual.
Meanwhile, prosecution has argued that Diddy led a sex enterprise and was a serial abuser of multiple women, labelling the rapper’s behaviour as “coercive and criminal”.
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