Jurors are deliberating in the sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs after a lengthy session without reaching a verdict. Prosecutors allege that Combs used his influence to coerce girlfriends into engaging in sexual acts with male sex workers. They claim to have evidence of drug-fueled events he facilitated. The defense counters these claims by stating that the actions were consensual aspects of a swinger lifestyle. Combs, who pleaded not guilty, faces significant prison time if convicted, but chose not to testify in his defense.
Prosecutors say Combs for two decades used his fame, fortune and a roster of employees and associates to help him coerce and force two different girlfriends to repeatedly perform sexually with male sex workers for days at a time while he watched and sometimes filmed the drug-fueled events.
Defense lawyers say prosecutors are unjustly basing federal crimes on what Combs did in the bedroom with his girlfriends as they participated in the swinger lifestyle and on acts of domestic violence involving their client.
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