For seven weeks, a jury in Manhattan has listened as prosecutors laid out a criminal sex trafficking and racketeering case against rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs. They heard his ex-girlfriends and other witnesses deliver shocking accounts of violence and drug-fueled sexual marathons.

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Closing arguments are due to kick off on Thursday in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial, with prosecutors expected to tell the jury that he forced his former girlfriends to take part in sexual performances and the defense set to counter that the music mogul believed the sex acts were consensual.