An Austrian court has begun trying US rapper Freddie Gibbs on charges of sexual abuse.
He was indicted for allegedly exploiting the dazed state of a 17-year old girl whose drinks were possibly spiked to sexually abuse her after a nightclub appearance by Gibbs last year.
Gibbs, whose real name is Fredrick Tipton, denies the accusations.
Absent from the court in Vienna on Friday was a bodyguard sought for alleged sexual abuse of a 16-year old girl who had accompanied the 17-year old to Gibbs' hotel.
He is believed to be somewhere in the United States.
