NEW YORK (Reuters) -A Black juror was dismissed from Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial on Monday, despite defense objections that the dismissal would reduce the racial diversity of the panel determining the hip-hop mogul's fate.

The judge in the Sean "Diddy" Combs sex trafficking and racketeering trial in NYC dismissed one of the jurors Monday.

A judge has dismissed a juror in the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs after concluding that his conflicting answers about where he lives might indicate he had an agenda or wanted to stay on the jury for a purpose.