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Evening Standard
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Matt Watts

Diddy trial latest: Sean Combs used 'indefensible' violence but is not a sex-trafficker, defence tells trial

Sean "Diddy" Combs was known as a larger-than-life cultural star and business mogul, but behind the scenes he was coercing women into drug-fuelled sexual encounters and using violence to keep them in line, a federal prosecutor told a jury as Combs' sex trafficking trial began.

"This is Sean Combs," assistant US attorney Emily Johnson told the New York jury as she giving her opening statement, pointed at Combs, who leaned back in his chair.

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