Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ says he’s ‘a little nervous’ as sex trafficking trial gets underway with jury selection

Lower Manhattan – The trial of trafficking in the federal sex of Sean “Didi” Comes, whose successful professional life was widespread through allegations of violence, began on Monday in New York City by choosing the jury that temporarily stopped when the hip -hop businessman said he was “a little tense” and needs a break for the bathroom.

Three dozens of potential jurors have been interrogated by Judge Aaron Supramanis about their answers to a questionnaire aimed at helping to determine whether they could be fair and fair in a trial characterized by violent and sexually explicit videos. The opening data is scheduled and the certificate will start next week.

The potential jury gave a brief description of sex trafficking and conspiracy against rain, and told them that he admitted that he was not guilty and was supposed to be innocent.

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By the end of the day, the jury gathered half of its size, as some were excluded for personal reasons such as the inability to withstand an expected experience over the two months or because their opinions or previous experiences would make it difficult for them to remain objective.

It is expected that a similar number of jury will be interrogated on Tuesday. The jury was not expected to choose before Wednesday.

Throughout Monday, Koms, 55, sat with his lawyers in a jacket on a white shirt and gray trousers, which allowed the judge instead of prison clothes. He was detained in a dark federal prison in Brooklyn since his arrest last September. His hair and Goatee were almost gray because the dye is not allowed in prison.

Unlike the last prominent celebrity trials, the Combs’ Court’s case will not be broadcast live because the federal court halls do not allow electronic records at home – which means that artists drawing the courtroom are working as the holidays of the public in the courtroom.

If he is convicted of all charges, he may face life in prison.

Several potential jurors have indicated that they have seen news reports that included a major guide in the case: a video of the hip -hop hip hits and kicked one of his accused in a hotel corridor in Los Angeles in 2016. One of the potential jury described a fixed picture that she saw of the video “Cursed Guide”. That woman was rejected.

After another jury refused, Kom

One of the potential jurors said that she published a “like” to a video that was placed on social media by a comedy that included signals of large quantities of children’s oil who had been found before the law enforcement in one of the comments of Koms. It was not rejected.

The 17 -page accusation regulations against combs – which read like a shipping document presented against the mafia leader or the head of the drug gang – claims that the rains that participate in the pattern of moving away from two decades of abusive behavior against women and others, with the help of people in his footnote and employees from his network of his work.

Compass and his lawyers say he is innocent and any group gender was mutual. They say there was no effort to cope with people for things they did not want to do, and nothing happened as a criminal racket.

Prosecutors say that women have been manipulated in sexual performance that feed drugs with male sex workers who are called “alien attacks”. To keep women in the queue, the prosecutors say that compass used a mixture of influence and violence: offered to enhance their career if they do what he asked – or cut them if they did not.

And when he did not get what he wanted, the indictment says that compass and his partners resorted to violent actions, including beating, kidnapping and burning intentionally. Once, the indictment claims, even hanging from someone from a balcony.

Kums admitted one episode of violence, which is a major part of the prosecution issue. In 2016, a security camera was scored by his ex -girlfriend, R.& B singer Cassie, in the hallway at the Los Angeles Hotel. Kassi filed a lawsuit in late 2023, saying that Compass had been subjected to years of abuse, including beating and rape.

The Associated Press usually does not naming people who say they have been exposed to sexual abuse unless they publicly advanced, as Cassie did, and his legal name Casandra Ventura.

Combes’s lawyer, Mark Agunefilo, said that Compass was “not an ideal person” and that there was drug use and toxic relationships, but he said that all sexual activity between rain, Cassi and other people were mutual.

The trial is the most dangerous in a long series of legal problems for mothers.