NEW YORK — In a closing argument laced with sarcasm Friday, a lawyer for Sean Combs portrayed the sex trafficking and racketeering case brought against the music mogul as a “badly exaggerated” effort to criminalize private and consensual sexual activity.

While acknowledging Combs had engaged in acts of domestic violence that were “unforgivable,” Marc Agnifilo, his lawyer, said that none of the conduct presented by the government matched the serious charges his client was facing.

Pacing back and forth, his voice occasionally rising to a near-shout, Agnifilo asked the jury to look at evidence that, he argued, showed Combs to be an awe-inspiring, “self-made, successful Black entrepreneur” who enjoyed an unusual sexual “lifestyle,” not a trafficker.

Prosecutors have accused Combs of coercing two former girlfriends into drug-fueled sex marathons with male prostitutes under threats of violence, of revoking financial support or of humiliating them by releasing explicit sex tapes to their families or the public.

According to the government, Combs — a famed music producer and entrepreneur who climbed from modest origins to the upper echelons of society — directed a “criminal enterprise” of aides and bodyguards who conspired with him to commit crimes.

If found guilty of the charges, Combs could face life in prison. He has pleaded not guilty.

Agnifilo, a seasoned defense lawyer who has represented high-profile clients such as Martin Shkreli and Keith Raniere, said Combs had admitted to domestic violence but was not a sex trafficker or the ringleader of a racketeering organization.

“He did what he did,” Agnifilo said. “But he’s going to fight to the death to defend himself from what he didn’t do.”

The jurors will return Monday to hear instructions from the judge, and will then begin their deliberations.