Sean “Diddy” Combs’s Manhattan Federal Court sex-trafficking trial enters a new phase Monday, May 12 with opening statements. Diddy, 55, faces five counts on charges such as

The "Me & You" singer, who is married to personal trainer Alex Fine and eight months pregnant with their child, told jurors on Tuesday, May 13 how the hip-hop mogul forced her to take part in sex encounters called "Freak Offs" that Combs often filmed.

The rapper-producer and entertainment mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could land him in prison for life. As the trial gets underway in New York City, we’re breaking down the chain of events that brought Combs to this point.

Atlanta criminal-defense attorney Bruce Harvey, who co-represented Young Thug’s co-defendant Nichols, agreed. “Brian is a meticulous lawyer, always very thorough and prepared — leaves no stone unturned,” Harvey said.

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Courtroom evidence presented against Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday at his sex trafficking and racketeering trial revealed the twisted nickname the disgraced mogul requested his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura call him.

Sean proposed to me this idea … called voyeurism; he would watch me in sexual activity with another person, specifically another male.”

Casandra "Cassie" Ventura, while testifying at Sean "Diddy" Combs ' sex trafficking trial, said that the music mogul once asked her to get in an inflatable pool filled with baby oil.