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First day of Sean Combs sex-trafficking trial ends as prosecutors say he ‘ran a criminal enterprise’

Lawyers for hip-hop mogul claim alleged sex-trafficking incidents were consensual relationships

The first witness called after opening statements was Israel Florez, a Los Angeles police officer who was a security guard at the InterContinental hotel in March 2016 when Combs was seen on video physically assaulting Ventura. Florez testified that he was called about a “woman in distress on the sixth floor” and later found Ventura wearing a hoodie in a corner while Combs was seated with “a devilish stare”. Of the first encounter, Phillip testified that Ventura paid him a few thousand dollars before having sex with her in front of Combs, who wore a white robe, a baseball cap, and a bandana over his face, while he masturbated.

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