Possible jurors in Sean’s “Diddy” Combs trial next month will be asked about their opinions on a number of issues, including kidnapping, drug distribution and sexual trafficking, according to preliminary questionnaires presented by hip-hop typical lawyers.
Combs, 55, faces five criminal accusations, including extortion and sexual trafficking. Prosecutors accuse Combs, also known as Puff Daddy and P. Diddy during their career, to use their business empire to sexually abuse women between 2004 and 2024.
The selection of the jury for the trial, which will take place in a federal court in New York City, is scheduled to start on May 5.
“The accusations in this case involve allegations of kidnapping, criminal fire, witness bribe, obstruction of justice, distribution of medicines, forced labor, sex trafficking and transport for prostitution,” the sketches of the questionnaires say. “Is there anything in the nature of these allegations that would hinder their impartiality and justice?”
The sketches of the questionnaires also warn that graphic videos and photographs that show physical violence and include sexually explicit scenes and language can be presented as proof during the trial.
Prosecutors claim that the abuse included women participating in recorded sexual performances, called freak-offs, with sex professionals, who were sometimes transported through state borders.
Combs, who has declared himself innocent of all accusations, founded Bad Boy Records and is credited with helping to turn R&B rappers and singers such as Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans, Notorious Big and Usher into stars in the 1990s and 2000s.
Prosecutors said Comb’s success hid an obscure side, citing a series of incidents, including March 2016, when he was caught in a vigilance video kicking, dragging and throwing a vase into a woman trying to leave a Los Angeles hotel.
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