NEW YORK >> A male stripper took the stand on the first day of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial today and testified he had sex with the hip-hop mogul’s then-girlfriend Casandra Ventura for money multiple times in 2012 and 2013 while Combs watched and masturbated.

Sean "Diddy" Combs, the US rapper and music mogul who discovered world-famous artists and helped bring the genre into the mainstream, went on trial in New York on charges that he ran a two-decade racketeering and sex trafficking conspiracy.

Sean "Diddy" Combs used violence and threats of reputational ruin to control women he abused for years, New York jurors heard during opening statements of the federal sex trafficking trial that was followed by the case's initial graphic testimonies.

Rapper and producer Sean 'Diddy' Combs is on trial in New York for crimes including sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.

A jury has begun hearing opening statements in Sean

The 55-year-old has pleaded not guilty on all counts.

NEW YORK (AP) — The public knew Sean “Diddy” Combs as a larger-than-life music and business mogul, but in private he used violence and threats to coerce women into drug-fueled sexual encounters that he recorded, a prosecutor said Monday in opening statements at Combs' sex trafficking trial.“This is Sean Combs,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson told the jury, pointing at Combs, who leaned back in his chair in a Manhattan courtroom. ”During this trial you are going to hear about 20 years of the defendant’s crimes.

The R&B singer Cassie is poised to testify in Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking trial.

Hotel security guard says Sean Combs tried to give him money after finding Cassie injured during 2016 assault incident

Defence counsel argues prosecutors trying to twist Combs’ romantic relationships into a racketeering and sex trafficking case.

NEW YORK — Sean "Diddy" Combs appeared deeply immersed in prayer and scripture as his high-profile federal sex trafficking trial got underway on Monday, wit

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Officer Israel Florez said Diddy donned a "devilish" look after allegedly beating Cassie.