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As Jury Selection Begins, Here’s What to Know About Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Sex Trafficking Case
TIME
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5/5/2025
Jury selection began Monday in the sex trafficking case against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, the musician facing charges related to his alleged “freak offs.”
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Jury selections underway for Sean Diddy Combs in his sex trafficking trial in New York City.
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Now dozens of New Yorkers came to court in Manhattan.
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They previously felled out questionnaires and then lawyers and the judge questioned them individually
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about their understanding and awareness of the case and the evidence
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and also whether they were familiar with any of the many, many names that may come up during this trial.
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Some of those names include celebrities, musicians, and actors.
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Combs has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
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He's been in federal custody in jail in Brooklyn since September of 2024.
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In his previous appearances, he came to court in a jail jumpsuit.
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But for this trial, he's allowed to wear street clothes, a sweater, a button-down shirt.
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That said, he's not allowed to have hair dye in jail, and so in court, his hair and his goatee are almost fully gray.
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During the jury selection process, some prospective jurors said they had seen some of the key pieces of evidence
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that will be displayed at this trial.
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Several said they had watched the video, the now infamous video, of Combs assaulting his then-girlfriend Cassie
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at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.
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One woman who said she saw a still image of that video called it damning evidence.
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That woman was not selected for the jury.
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The judge said she expects this trial to take eight weeks, and prosecutors say they expect
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to call four accusers to the witness stand.
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The crux of the case involves what prosecutors say were freak-offs, parties where Sean Combs
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allegedly engaged in misconduct with partners, other women, and sex workers.
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