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'Puff Daddy' trial set for January

Combs is charged with gun possession and bribery and will appear in court January 2 in a trial that is expected to last several weeks

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A Manhattan Supreme Court judge set January 2 as the start date for the trial of rap star Sean "Puffy" Combs on charges of gun possession and bribery stemming from a shooting at a Manhattan nightclub.

Judge Charles Solomon said Thursday that Combs' bodyguard, Anthony "Wolf" Jones and Jamal "Shyne" Barrow, his co-defendants, will be tried with him.

The trial was expected to take several weeks once a jury is selected, Combs lawyer Benjamin Brafman said. All three have pleaded not guilty.

Combs, also known as Puff Daddy, and his two co-defendants are charged with criminal possession of a 9 mm handgun allegedly found on the floor of his vehicle December 27, 1999.

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The weapon was found after Combs and his girlfriend, actress-singer Jennifer Lopez, left a night club after an early morning fracas in which three people were injured, one of them a woman who was shot in the face.

Barrow has also been charged with attempted murder, assault and reckless endangerment.

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