Prosecutors accuses Sean 'Diddy' Combs of locking victims in sex parties for days at a time

For the prosecution, former music mogul Sean Diddy Combs is a "violent felon." Opening arguments in the case facing the singer were heard Monday after the jury selection was finalized.

The court also heard that Combs referred to himself as "the king" and exercised his power to force women to participate in sex parties that lasted several days.

In that regard, in the prosecution's opening statement, Emily Johnson claimed that the rapper molested a number of people, including his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.

In addition, the rapper allegedly threatened to publish images of Ventura having sex if she challenged him. The recordings were described by prosecutors as “souvenirs of the most humiliating nights of her life." Videos were shown of an assault by the rapper on Ventura at a hotel.

Meanwhile, the defense's position - as told by The Telegraph who followed the allegations - was that the rapper committed drug and violence-related crimes, but was not a mobster or sex trafficker.

"He is physical, he is a drug user, you may know of his love of baby oil. Is that a federal crime? No," said Teny Geragos, one of his lawyers.

"You will hear about swinger parties... they will testify about things that should never be heard in a Federal courtroom, that he liked to watch... You may not like that, but you are not here to judge him for his sexual preferences," the defense continued.