The opening statements in the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs have been delivered. Read a summary of the key points made by both prosecution and defence.

A jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-trafficking trial was selected on Monday, consisting of eight men and four women.

Prosecutors allege the rapper used fame and violence to sexually abuse women, while the rapper's attorneys defended his "swinger" lifestyle.

Sean “ Diddy ” Combs’s Manhattan Federal Court sex-trafficking trial enters a new phase Monday, May 12 with opening statements. Diddy, 55, faces five counts on charges such as racketeering conspiracy,

A federal jury of eight men and four women is hearing testimony at the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs. The jurors range in age from 30 to 74.

The criminal trial for Sean "Diddy" Combs featured opening statements Monday from both the prosecution and defense. Prosecutors played the hotel video depicting Combs allegedly beating ex-partner Cassie Ventura,

Diddy sat motionless as federal prosecutors revealed graphic allegations against him at the trial’s opening, calling it "just the tip of the iceberg."

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.