The sex-trafficking trial of Sean Combs kicked off Monday in New York federal court with prosecutors and the hip-hop mogul’s defense team clashing over whether he coerced his former girlfriends into drug-fueled sex parties or if they were willing participants in his swinger lifestyle.

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial has begun in New York with opening statements and searing testimony from witnesses who detailed alleged violence, paid sex acts and coercion by the music mogul.

Prosecutors allege Sean “Diddy" Combs orchestrated a 20-year pattern of abuse, sex trafficking, and violence with help from his inner circle.