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Sean “Diddy” Combs is about to face a judge for his federal charges. 

Over six months after the disgraced rapper was arrested in September for charges related to sex trafficking and racketeering, a jury has been selected and opening statements for the trial will officially commence May 12. 

Throughout his time in federal custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, the music mogul has maintained his innocence and pleaded not guilty to his charges, which include one charge of racketeering conspiracy, two charges of sex trafficking, and two charges of transportation to engage in prostitution. 

While in jail, the 55-year-old—who is dad to Quincy, 33, Justin, 30, Christian, 26, Chance, 18, twins D’Lila and Jessie, 17, and Love, 2, from four past relationships—has also been hit with 120-plus sexual assault allegations and lawsuits, all of which he has denied. 

“He cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus,” Combs’ lawyer Erica Wolff said in a statement to E! News in October. “That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any claim that he sexually abused anyone, including minors.”