By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean "Diddy" Combs arrived in court on Friday, where the judge in the hip-hop mogul's sex trafficking case may determine the scope of any expert witness testimony at his trial starting next month Combs,

A judge rejected Sean “Diddy” Combs’s request to delay his trial by two months and upheld the original start date of May 5, when Combs will begin to stand trial on five criminal charges, to all of which he has pleaded not guilty. (Here is a complete list of the allegations against Combs.)

Sean “Diddy” Combs” maintained his innocence as he faces additional charges. On Monday (April 14), the 55-year-old entered a not guilty plea to two new charges: one count of sex trafficking and one count of transportation to engage in prostitution of “Victim-2,” before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian in Manhattan, according to Reuters.