Jurors on Monday are to begin deliberating whether Sean Diddy Combs parlayed his celebrity, wealth and business empire into a decades-long criminal ring that saw him force women into drug-fueled sexual performances with escorts.
The dozen New Yorkers tasked with deciding the music moguls future will began poring over thousands of phone, financial and other records along with the stories of 34 people who testified against him over seven painstaking, and at times excruciating, weeks.
Judge Arun Subramanian on Monday gave final instructions to jurors on how to apply the law to the evidence.
Combs, 55, faces upwards of life in prison if convicted on five federal charges that include racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation for purposes of prostitution.
The producer and entrepreneur, once one of the most powerful people in the music industry, denies the charges.