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.

During weeks of testimony at the sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, nearly three dozen witnesses took their turns in front of a federal jury.

As Sean "Diddy" Combs' criminal trial begins to wind down, prosecutors are dropping some of their previous claims against the embattled hip-hop mogul.