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Diddy's Hail Mary: Convincing a sex-trafficking jury he, too, is a domestic violence victim

Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking trial is set to kick off with opening statements on Monday.

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic The Combs that jurors will see at the defense table during opening statements in Manhattan federal court Monday will look nothing like the star who graced the red carpet at the 2023 Met Gala, wearing a black Swarovski crystal-studded motorcycle tuxedo with the rapper Yung Miami at his side. Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic/Getty Images For the sex-trafficking case, Combs parted with his longtime attorney Ben Brafman, who successfully won an acquittal for the hip-hop artist on gun and bribery charges in 2001. While prosecutors have depicted Combs as a criminal mastermind who exerted his vast resources to manipulate women and men for his sexual gratification, his attorneys have put forward a more mild picture.

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