So here we are day one of the federal racketeering, sex trafficking, and prostitution trial

against rap mogul Sean Diddy Combs. This is Laura Coates, CNN anchor and chief legal analyst and

former federal prosecutor. I focused on sex crimes and violent activity. And today, I watched

it all come together in a Lower Manhattan

courtroom where Sean Diddy Combs is sitting trial for five felony charges. I would

bring you inside the courtroom and show you exactly what I saw and help you understand what we

will see next.

From CNN, I'm Laura Coates, and this is trial by jury.

Sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and the obstruction of justice.

What prosecutors have done here is alleged that Sean Combs was at the head of a criminal enterprise that committed multiple crimes that were connected to one another. If convicted, Sean Combs could spend the rest of his life in prison.

I was sitting in that courtroom watching everything unfold, watching when Diddy walked in,

gray-haired to match the gray wardrobe that he had on, 14 members of his family inside of that

room, including his children, his mother sitting, and one point moving her seat to sit directly behind her son in the event

that he would turn around to look at her. And he did at times, mouthing, I love you, blowing a kiss to

his children. And at one point, mouthing, I'm sorry to his mother. Finally, we know what the

prosecution will argue and the defense.

The prosecution is saying, look, Diddy thought he was the king. He had vast resources, power,

control, and he used his inner circle to exploit women and victims. How? He forced them through drug use and coercion

and threats of releasing films of them participating in so-called freak-offs, days-long drug-fueled,

non-consensual sexual acts for money. Well, when he would threaten to release the videos,

he expected the victims to conform and prosecution says they did. Now, the defense, interestingly

enough, they took a different route. They said, you know what? He is a domestic

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