Overview

• Sean 'Diddy' Combs has formally declined a last-minute plea deal from federal prosecutors, choosing to maintain his not-guilty plea.
• The trial begins May 5 in New York, starting with jury selection, and could lead to a life sentence if Combs is convicted.
• The indictment includes decades of allegations involving over 120 alleged victims, with charges of sex trafficking, rape, extortion, and kidnapping.
• Key evidence includes surveillance footage of Combs assaulting ex-partner Cassandra Ventura and items uncovered in property searches, such as weapons and drugs.
• Combs’s defense argues the relationships were consensual under a 'swinger' lifestyle, while prosecutors expanded the indictment in April to include additional trafficking charges.