NEW YORK (Reuters) -Hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs went on trial on sex trafficking charges on Monday, with prosecutors saying the Bad Boy Records founder lured women into romantic relationships, forced them to take part in days of drug-fueled sex parties and then blackmailed them with videos he recorded of the encounters.
Combs “viciously attacked” women when they resisted taking part in the parties, known as "Freak Offs" or otherwise upset him, prosecutor Emily Johnson said during her opening statement in Manhattan federal court.
