Jury selection for the criminal trial of music mogul Sean Diddy Combs started today in New York City.

The rapper and producer faces multiple charges including racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.

Prosecutors alleged Combs was the mastermind behind a years-long operation to sexually abuse women.

He denies any wrongdoing and rejected a plea deal that could have

resulted in a lighter sentence. He faces life in prison if convicted. We're joined now by Gina Barton,

investigative reporter for USA Today. Thanks for being with us, Gina. So jury selection started today.

What are you hearing from your colleagues in the courtroom about how hard it's going to be to

find people to serve on this case? The judge has estimated that it'll only take three days to pick a jury,

but from how slowly things are going, it may take longer. They're interviewing each juror separately and

individually. They have 150 people that they called in. One of them,

they spoke to a single person for about 25 minutes. So it could take quite a while to find 12

jurors on some alternates. And the complication is that there are very few people who don't know who he is,

or at least know something about this case. There are so many people who know about the case who are familiar with Sean Puffy Combs,

who have seen the video of him allegedly attacking his former girlfriend Cassie in a hotel hallway.

And they're also asking jurors if they have ever been sexually assaulted or know anyone close to them who has been sexually assaulted because they want jurors who are going to be objective and not have any thoughts about victimization coming in.

And as you know, about 25% of women have had some sort of experience with sexual assault or sexual harassment.

So that's another challenge.

His 17-page indictment, as I understand it, has been updated three times since September.

What federal charges is he facing as of now?

As of now, he's facing five different charges.

There is RICO, which is racketeering. There's sex

trafficking and then also bringing women across state lines for sex trafficking and for sexual

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