Read the latest news on the Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial in New York. Cassie Ventura, Combs' ex-girlfriend, took the stand as the government's star witness.

Coercion or consent? That is the central question posed to a federal jury Monday on the first day of testimony in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ racketeering and sex trafficking trial in New York City.

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