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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. Twelve ju­rors, along with six al­ter­nates, will be cho­sen, with open­ing state­ments ex­pect­ed to be­gin May 12. The tri­al is ex­pect­ed to last at least eight weeks. Here’s a look at some of the de­tails.

The charges against Did­dy

Combs is charged with one count of rack­e­teer­ing con­spir­a­cy, two counts of sex traf­fick­ing by force, fraud or co­er­cion, and two counts of trans­porta­tion to en­gage in pros­ti­tu­tion. He has plead­ed not guilty.