Rapper P. Diddy’s trial begins with jury selection • FRANCE 24 English

Well, perhaps the most serious of the federal charges are sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, which is also known as RICO. And that was the charge that was used to bring down the mob. So, prosecutors are hoping that they’re going to be able to knit together all of this alleged criminal activity carried out by Diddy in order to get him on that charge in particular. Now, this is a very high-profile uh case and uh we are going to be expecting it to last about 10 weeks, possibly about two months. Uh today, Monday is jury selection. There are some 150 people who have appeared for the jury selection and they’re going to have to run through them uh to see who is going to be able to be unbiased uh in this trial. Now, it all centers around allegations uh that Sha Diddy Combmes held these wild drugfueled parties in which he allegedly coerced men and women into sex. At times, they were locked in. Uh they were pumped with drugs and subjected to abusive sexual acts. These parties have been dubbed free. Now, uh Diddy himself says that he has done nothing wrong. He says he’s not a criminal, but simply a swinger and that he should not be judged on his sexual preferences. So that’s what he’s going to be arguing. Uh we expect him to take the stand during the course of this trial. Jessica, given that Puff Daddy Sha Diddy Combmes, now he’s somebody who’s uh known around the world, you know, given uh he what he’s done to hip hop. Uh what kind of media attention, I’m curious, is is this trial getting? We got a thousand people in the building right now and we is live at the Well, I’m absolutely surrounded by media and by members of the public. There’s been a lot of yelling. There are a lot of people with strong opinions. Everyone knows who Puff Daddy or P Diddy or Sha Combmes or Diddy depending on which generation you’re from is. And there is a lot of attention on this trial because it’s all about sex and drugs. It’s also uh really uh Diddy was a cultural force and he embodies much of the American dream. He is also uh really the first person from the music industry uh to face such a high-profile meto trial and the charges against him are really serious. So this is garnering an awful lot of media attention.

Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop entrepreneur whose wildly successful career has been dotted by allegations of violence, was brought to a New York courthouse Monday to be tried on charges that he used the influence and resources of his business empire to sexually abuse women. FRANCE 24’s Jessica Le Masurier reports from New York.
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