This is On Trial, a special series from Dateline True Crime Weekly, bringing you daily coverage from the Sean Combs racketeering trial.

He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. I'm Andrea Canning, and it's Thursday, June 26th.

Just a heads up. In this episode, we're going to be talking about some graphic details and

harrowing subject matter. Today, prosecutor Christy Slavic gave the government's closing argument

in their case against Sean Combs. A man, she said, used violence and fear to get what he wanted

out of his alleged victims. And a man whose inner circle treated him like a king, even if it meant

committing crimes for him. For more than four hours, she offered the jury a roadmap to the evidence

the prosecution has presented over the last six weeks. She recounted the dramatic stories we've all

heard by now, Goodfellas-type moments of alleged bribery and arson.

She showed headshots of 27 men, she said, participated in the sexual performances Combs directed.

Prosecutors often assume that the jury is made up of regular people, and so in her closing,

Slavic said Sean Combs is not like them. Not like us, she said. The defendant thought that his

fame, wealth, and power put him above the law. NBC News correspondent Chloe Malas was in the courtroom,

and she is outside now to tell us what it was like to watch the prosecution conclude their case.

Hey, Chloe, can't believe we're here. Hey, Andrea, I know. Here we are.

Yeah, it's been a long trial, long road.

So, Chloe, who is Christy Slavic?

We know she's one of the federal prosecutors.

But how has she really played a role in this trial up to this point?

So it's an all-female prosecution team that consists of eight prosecutors,

and they've each taken turns handling different parts of the trial so far. And Christy Slavic,

she is known for her work on public corruption and interstate criminal enterprise cases. So she handled Derek Ferguson's testimony. He was an executive

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