Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyer Marc Agnifilo defended self-help guru Keith Raniere in a similar sex-trafficking case. Here's what it could mean.

Sean “Diddy” Combs will have the support of his family as opening statements in his sex-trafficking trial are set to begin Monday in downtown Manhattan.

SInger Dawn Richard and Combs' former assistant, along with the former best friend of Ventura, faced tough questioning as they explained their experience with the rap mogul.

Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing five federal charges—including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution—accusations that could carry a life sentence if he’s convicted.

But why would Combs' defense concede that his relationship with Ventura was violent at all? Levenson thinks that the defense is trying to reframe this "mutual violence" as a consensual part of the sexual relationship – a strategy she saw in the case of former Dodger's player Trevor Bauer.

Diddy's sex trafficking trial is underway, and both the prosecution and defense present strategies that could make or break the case.

In Sean “Diddy” Combs’s sex-trafficking trial, star witness Cassie Ventura spent hours being cross-examined by the defense.