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Jury selection begins in Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex crimes trial

Sean 'Diddy' Combs arrives for the 2018 Met Gala on May 7, 2018, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. [AFP]

Jury selection was underway Monday in New York in the blockbuster federal sex trafficking trial of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, who stands accused of years of harrowing abuse.

Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty on all counts, insisting that any sex acts were consensual, but prosecutors say for years he coerced victims into drug-fueled sex parties using threats and violence.

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