Court denies Hudson getting star treatment
Jennifer Hudson arrives each day at the trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and nephew with her own bodyguards. She enters through a hidden entrance, eats in private and waits for proceedings to start in judge's chambers.
A judge's liaison at the trial, Irv Miller, says the provisions for the Oscar winner are reasonable to ensure her celebrity doesn't disrupt the courthouse.
And he notes Hudson is both a victim and a state's witness. He
says celebrities who are defendants wouldn't get the same consideration.
But some say the Chicago criminal courthouse has gone too far.
Manny Medrano is a Los Angeles-based attorney who calls the accommodations "outrageous," saying they violate a judicial principle of equal treatment.
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