Sean Combs Sex Trafficking Trial Begins Today With Jury Selection
Image Credit: rollingstone- Jury selection for Sean Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering trial begins Monday, expected to last three days with opening statements on May 12.
- Combs faces five felony counts, including racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking, with potential sentences up to 15 years to life imprisonment.
- The prosecution alleges Combs used his business as a criminal enterprise involving coercion and violence for sexual exploitation from 2009 to 2024.
- The defense argues that the encounters were consensual and part of Combs’ alternative swinger lifestyle, seeking to address jurors’ perceptions of wealthy individuals and nontraditional sexual behaviors.
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