The trial of hip-hop entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs is about to start. 

The Associated Press reports that jury selection began on Monday and that it is expected to take several days.

After that, though, things are really going to heat up, as the prosecution lays out its case against Diddy.

The outlet reports, "The 17-page indictment against Combs reads like a charging document filed against a Mafia leader or the head of a drug gang, accusing him of engaging in sex trafficking and presiding over a racketeering conspiracy."

A preview

The Associated Press has separately provided an overview of the case that the prosecution intends to make against Combs.

"For over two decades, prosecutors allege, the Bad Boy Records founder used the power and prestige he’d gained in building a hip-hop empire to destroy young lives," the outlet writes.

It continues:

He faces an indictment that includes descriptions of “Freak Offs,” drugged-up orgies in which women were forced to have sex with male sex workers while Combs filmed them. Numerous witnesses have come forward to accuse Combs of terrorizing people into silence by choking, hitting, kicking and dragging them, often by the hair, prosecutors say. Once, the indictment alleges, he even dangled someone from a balcony.

The prosecution intends to substantiate all of this in court, with, among other things, witness testimony.

Suffice it to say that some of what may be revealed could be shocking.

Is there a defense?

According to the Associated Press, "Combs’ lawyers contend prosecutors are trying to police consensual sexual activity."

In other words, it appears that one of Combs' chief defenses will be that the alleged victims of his actions were consenting adults and that, therefore, he did nothing wrong.

Other than this defense, Combs' lawyers intend to argue that some of the allegations that have been brought against him are simply false.

As mentioned at the outset, this case is taking place before a Manhattan jury, and, in recent years, we have seen some crazy things from Manhattan juries - such as the conviction of President Donald Trump in a case that lawyers of all political backgrounds find troubling. This is all to say that there is no real telling whether or not the jury will be sympathetic to the prosecution or the defense.

The Associated Press reports, "If convicted on all charges, which include racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transporting people across state lines to engage in prostitution, Combs faces a possible sentence of decades in prison."