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Trial starts in NY for Sean Diddy Combs

Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of "The Four: Battle For Stardom" at the CBS Radford Studio Center on May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of "The Four: Battle For Stardom" at the CBS Radford Studio Center on May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles.

Jury selection is expected to get underway in New York City Monday in the sex trafficking trial of Sean Diddy Combs.

Combs just rejected a plea deal in which details were not made public. That means he will now go to trial to try and beat sex trafficking, racketeering and other charges. Prosecutors accuse the 55-year-old star rapper of abusing threatening, and coercing women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and hide his conduct. Combs' lawyers are expected to argue his sexual behavior was consensual. Combs faces up to life in prison if convicted. He has been sitting in Brooklyn jail for months since his indictment.