Source: International Business Times
The highly publicized charges against Sean Combs could see the one-time rap producer and global superstar, who is oft credited for his role in ushering hip-hop into the mainstream, spend the rest of his life in prison AFP Jury selection begins Monday in New York in the blockbuster federal sex trafficking trial of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, who stands accused of years of harrowing abuse. Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty on all counts, insisting that any sex acts were consensual -- but prosecutors say for years he coerced victims into drug-fueled sex parties using threats and violence. At a recent hearing, his attorney Marc Agnifilo offered a preview of his team's defense by describing the artist's free-wheeling "swinger" lifestyle.
