Judge presiding over R. Kelly case hurt in fall

  

July 18, 2006 -- The judge scheduled to preside over the pornography trial of R-and-B singer R-Kelly is out of commission for a while after taking a hard fall.

Authorities say Judge Vincent Gaughan was rushed to the hospital after falling from an 18-foot ladder while doing some repairs at his home in Chicago over the weekend.

Presiding Judge Paul Biebel Junior says the 65-year-old will be out indefinitely as he recovers from the broken bones he suffered in the fall.

Gaughan is slated to hear the child pornography case against R-Kelly, but no trial date is set.

He's also scheduled to preside over the trial of two men accused in the 1993 massacre at a Brown's Chicken restaurant in Palatine. The trial for one of those men -- Juan Luna -- is slated to begin on September 12th.

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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