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Hip-hop mogul Sean Combs is on trial for sex trafficking, racketeering, and other charges. Here's everything to know about the rapper's trial, including how much time he's facing.

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

The "Me & You" singer, who is married to personal trainer Alex Fine and eight months pregnant with their child, told jurors on Tuesday, May 13 how the hip-hop mogul forced her to take part in sex encounters called "Freak Offs" that Combs often filmed.

Amid the federal trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs, several media entities including ABC News and The New York Times are requesting that the judge allow them to view the "freak-off" videos at the center of Combs' sex trafficking case.

Sean proposed to me this idea … called voyeurism; he would watch me in sexual activity with another person, specifically another male.”

Lawyers for Misa Hylton, who previously showed support for Diddy accuser Cassie, said that she was at the trial to support her son with the music mogul.

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