Combs arrived at court, sporting a gray beard and wearing a beige sweater over a white collared shirt.
Combs “viciously attacked” women when they resisted taking part in the parties, known as “Freak Offs” or otherwise upset him, prosecutor Emily Johnson said during her opening statement on Monday in Manhattan federal court.
Combs is known for turning rap and rhythm and blues artists like Notorious B.I.G. and Mary J. Blige into stars, and in the process elevating the mainstream appeal of hip-hop in American culture in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Defense lawyer Teny Geragos conceded to jurors on Monday that Combs had a bad temper and jealousy problems but said this had nothing to do with sex trafficking or racketeering.
Prosecutors introduced the video of Combs and Ventura on Monday, the first day of evidence in the high-profile trial.
Combs, wearing only a towel, is then seen grabbing Ventura's belongings and dragging her into the hallway. Combs apologized after the video first aired on CNN last year.
Over the course of a two-month trial, jurors are expected to hear testimony from Ventura and two or possibly three of Combs' other female accusers, as well as his former employees who prosecutors say helped arrange and cover up his actions.
“They will tell you about some of the most painful experiences of their lives. The days they spent in hotel rooms, high on drugs, dressed in costumes to perform the defendant’s sexual fantasies,“ Johnson said.
Stripper Daniel Phillip recounted an episode in a New York City hotel where Combs threw a liquor bottle in Ventura's direction, grabbed her by the hair and dragged her screaming into another room.
“Sean Combs is a complicated man, but this is not a complicated case. This case is about voluntary choices made by capable adults in consensual relationships,“ Geragos said in her opening statement.
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