For a bride-to-be with new movies and music on the horizon, the smiling photo above would be an expected depiction of ‘Spotlight’ singer Jennifer Hudson. Unfortunately, recent times have seen everything but.
As has been plastered across many a headline, the singer has been encased in a courtroom with hopes of seeing the man accused of brutally murdering three members of her family in a 2008 incident brought to justice.
Today, she got her wish…
Via MTV:
“After two-and-a-half days of deliberation, the jury in the murder trial of William Balfour returned a guilty verdict on all counts on Friday afternoon (May 11).
Balfour was on trial for the murders of Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson‘s mother, brother and nephew. The jury returned guilty verdicts on three counts of murder, as well as one count each of home invasion, residential burglary, possession of a stolen vehicle, and aggravated kidnapping.
Because Illinois no longer has a death penalty, Balfour will spend the rest of his life in jail without the possibility of parole. “
William Balfour (booking photo)
Here’s hoping the singer can quickly put this behind her and resume using that amazing voice to bring us some great music.
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Hopefully this brought her an amount of closure
Is so sad what happen to her family.
Justice at last, good riddin to that killer.
“Killer” voice! Tacky use of wording.
I hope now she can move forward without them now, good thing she has a fiancee who loves her and her little boy that gives her strength everyday since then, it’s just really sad all around.
You “writers” are just AWFUL! “Here’s to hoping the singer can quickly put this behind her and keep singing…” YOU SELFISH F****! HER FAMILY WAS MURDERED AND YOU WANT HER TO “QUICKLY PUT THIS BEHIND HER” SO YOU CAN GET SOME MORE MUSIC OUT OF HER?!?!? HAVE SOME F****** SYMPATHY!!!
I agree with the post above…Have some f****** sympathy. U “writers” really are a joke. I can’t believe you are f****** employed. The homeless bum down the street could pen better than you fuckers
to the posters above:
umm…do you guys prefer she just sit and be sorrowful forever? hell, when they were murdered in the first place she got right back to work….she can do it again. it will take her mind off things
im sure tgj prob meant no harm in the hope that she is able to carry on from here. jeez…lighten up
I quote ”the smilling photo would be a expected depiction of Spotlight singer jhud”. @same do you really think JHud would be smilling even after this man has been found guilty. Sending this ‘JZ carbon copy’ to jail won’t bring back her relatives, you are so heartless. Your writing is thoughtless and foolish most of the times.
You guys are saying poor Jennifer, but with all the money and fame she has, why did she leave her family to live in that ghetto house? She could have move them to a more secure and private place! Even if she didn’t want to move them, she could afford to have security men watch her family when this animal was threatening to kill them! I don’t wish this to my worse enemy and I’m glad justice was served, but this could have been avoided!
Here’s hoping the singer can quickly put this behind her and resume using that amazing voice to bring us some great music.
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can put “THIS” behind her back ?!!!!!!!!!!!
now that is the most disrespectful s*** i have ever seen in my life. those are her family , her flesh and blood. how she can put it all behind her ?
this ain’t breaking up with somebody , this “THIS” is a loss. she lost her family. F*** music , F*** fans. nothing will ever make up for them 😡
Just give her time to be O.K. !
is that jay z’s son?