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The sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, one of the biggest music moguls and cultural figures of the past four decades, began Monday in New York with jury selection

Here’s everything we know about one of the music industry’s most high-profile cases to date

The perennial question of what to do with musicians and their work when they are found to have been abusive has arisen again this week, as distressing video footage of rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs assaulting his then girlfriend Cassandra Ventura in a hotel in 2016 was released by CNN.

We live in a society where victims are scrutinised and perpetrators are protected

Music mogul issued apology after a video aired by CNN showed him beating his former singing protege and girlfriend Cassie in 2016

Video of disgraced hip-hop figure Sean Combs attacking his former girlfriend in 2016 has been released by CNN.

Security video appears to show Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs beating singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016

Nature of probe not revealed, but raids follow sex offence allegations, including trafficking, made by ex-girlfriend.

Rap mogul denies any wrongdoing, calling the claims ‘made up and not credible’