Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson broke down in court after prosecutors put her on the witness stand as the trial of the man accused of killing her family opened.

Jennifer Hudson has taken the stand in the trial of the man accused of killing her family.

Actress Jennifer Hudson has decided not to hear the opening statements in the trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew.

Accustomed to wearing Vera Wang gowns on red carpets, singing at the Grammys or autographing her weight-loss memoir, Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson’s next role will be under a very different spotlight — in Chicago’s drab criminal courts building at the trial of the man charged with murdering her mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew.

Police arrested the estranged brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson in connection with the shooting deaths of the entertainer’s mother, brother and young nephew, taking him from a prison where he had been held on a suspected parole violation.

Jennifer Hudson thanked her fans for their support in her first statement since burying her murdered mother, brother and nephew.

In her first statement since burying her murdered mother, brother and nephew, actress Jennifer Hudson thanked her fans for their encouragement during the tragic ordeal.

Hundreds of mourners attended a private funeral service for Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson’s murdered mother, brother and nephew at a Chicago South Side church.

Friends and relatives of Jennifer Hudson are expected at her childhood church in Chicago tonight for a memorial service to mourn the Oscar-winning actress’s mother, brother, and nephew.

JULIA HUDSON, the older sister of Dreamgirls star Jennifer Hudson, has pleaded for the return of her missing son after two members of her family were gunned down at their Chicago home.

The older sister of Jennifer Hudson made a plea at a Chicago church for the return of her missing seven-year-old son, a day after the siblings’ mother and brother were found shot dead at the family home.