Jurors in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial viewed a 2016 video today in which the hip-hop mogul assaults his then-girlfriend, Casandra Ventura, throws her to the ground in the hallway of a Los Angeles area hotel and kicks her as she tries to enter an elevator.

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

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.

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors will begin 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 could begin as soon as the afternoon following a final phase of jury selection […]

Sean “Diddy” Combs’s Manhattan Federal Court sex-trafficking trial enters a new phase Monday, May 12, with opening statements. Here’s everything you need to know.

A jury has begun hearing opening statements in Sean

May 12 (UPI) -- Opening arguments are slated to begin Monday as Sean "Diddy" Combs' criminal trial continues.

The first day of testimony in Sean "Diddy" Combs' ongoing sex crimes trial kicked off with a hotel security guard called by prosecutors.

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.

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

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

Is Diddy a twisted, manipulating sexual abuser or... just a free-spirited swinger?

Officer Israel Florez said he saw Diddy gazing off with a "devilish" look.

Combs faces five federal charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution, to which he has pleaded not guilty.

The trial for Sean "Diddy" Combs began Monday, May 12

NEW YORK CITY — Federal prosecutors have launched a blistering opening in the high-profile sex trafficking trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, accusi

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial continued with opening statements from the prosecution and defense.