Sean “Diddy” Combs will have the support of his family as opening statements in his sex-trafficking trial are set to begin Monday in downtown Manhattan.

Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyer Marc Agnifilo defended self-help guru Keith Raniere in a similar sex-trafficking case. Here's what it could mean.

After spending two days giving explicit details of the alleged physical, emotional and sexual abuse that she endured during her decade-long relationship with Sean "Diddy" Combs, Casandra "Cassie" Ventura took the stand Thursday for the first day of the defense's cross-examination.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with attorney Bernarda Villalona to unpack the day’s proceedings in Sean Combs’ criminal trial and the emotional testimony from his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura.

Combs does not have access to hair dye or other cosmetic products while inside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where he’s been held. Courtroom sketches depict Combs with gray hair and a small, gray beard.

As Sean “Diddy” Combs prepares to face the courtroom, speculation is swirling far beyond his own fate. The looming question is whether the rap mogul’s legal strategy might expose others in the upper echelons of Hollywood.