Sean “Diddy” Combs strode into court Monday morning to a packed courtroom filled with his children and anxious family members, as the hip-hop mogul faces charges of sex trafficking and racketeering that could put him behind bars for life.

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.

A jury has been seated for Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking trial in New York City.The jurors are eight men and four women.Four of them have said they listen to R&B or hip-hop.A scientist. A massage therapist.

Sean Combs's trial opened with video of an assault and claims that Combs had a male escort urinate in Cassie's mouth. Experts say it was all tactical.

Combs, who then performed as Puff Daddy, released his 1997 debut album, “No Way Out,” on his Bad Boy Records label. According to Diddy, the album was heavily inspired by the March 9, 1997 shooting death of Diddy’s close confidant and Bad Boy artist Notorious B.I.G.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer, Teny Geragos, conceded that Combs' violent outbursts might have warranted domestic violence charges, but not sex trafficking and racketeering counts.

Sean “Diddy” Combs admitted he was a “little nervous” in the run-up to his criminal trial, as the hip-hop mogul looked into the eyes of the potential jurors who will render a verdict on the sex trafficking and racketeering charges against him.