Celebrity Justice
Balfour Has Anger Management Issues

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ why officials believe William Balfour violated his parole -- he had missed anger management counseling and substance abuse courses that were required as a condition of his release from prison.

Balfour had served time for attempted murder and carjacking. The anger management lapse is ominous, given that he's a "person of interest" in the murders of Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. As for the substance abuse courses, the Chicago Sun-Times quotes a witness as saying they saw a man resembling Balfour exiting the infamous white SUV "carrying what appeared to be a bottle of liquor."

Several law enforcement sources tell us Balfour could be charged in the murders as early as today, but no timetable is definite.

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31. What I cannot believe is that she has been on her MYSPACE and has not removed his pictures and all those positive comments about him. I think he was #2 on people she loved or something like that. I would be taking his a@@ off of there. She also changed her picture since yesterday and it's of her and not her beautiful son (she thanks people for making him their default pic and she doesn't even do it herself). I think she has a few screws loose. My heart still goes out to her for losing a child but I can't imagine why she would even still relate to this guy.

SICK

Posted at 11:46AM on Oct 28th 2008 by Tracy

32. judge and jury? innocent before proven guilty people

Posted at 12:59PM on Oct 28th 2008 by Dr. Phil

33. What a scuzz-bucket.

Posted at 11:53AM on Oct 28th 2008 by Hmmmmmmm

34. HE'S A SICK PUPPY THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT DOWN!! PSCHYO BASTARD!!

Posted at 2:04PM on Oct 28th 2008 by babypi4u2

35. What a terrible tragedy. My prayers go out to this family. AHHHH, Julia, what are you thinking, letting a man convicted of attempted murder, car theft, and with substance abuse problems AS WELL AS ANGER MANAGEMENT issues in your life and around your 7 year old son?????? Even if it turns out this man is not the one who did these horrible acts, what are you thinking?

Posted at 9:14AM on Oct 29th 2008 by peach

36. A guy who has been in jail many times for attempted murder - is super marriage material (NOT) . I'm still dumbfounded that any woman, in her right mind, would say "He's good for me."

Posted at 11:58AM on Oct 28th 2008 by DaniellaRC

37. They had this ass in prision and let him out... Thats whats wrong with the system... This LITTLE BITCH played the game and got out only to actually kill people. Yea he learned a lot in the 7 yrs he was getting his ass tapped. He must have loved that prision meat cause now he's going right back to get more of it. POS!!

Posted at 11:54AM on Oct 28th 2008 by jBONES

38. in response to LEC (#25)

Ummm.. if the mother didn't live in the trashy neighborhood.. then the idiot daughter wouldn't have attracted such a looser and brought him to the mother's house in the first place. The idiot daughter attracted that trash due to her apparent and obvious lack of itelligence. So who suffers.. the innocent ones! If the mother would have left when Jennifer offered it (repeatedly) then this probably wouldn't have happened... the people in this trashy neighborhood DID NOT call police, they DID NOTHING to help when they heard the gun shots . They all turned a deaf ear and a blind eye. Nice neighbors!

Posted at 11:57AM on Oct 28th 2008 by not surprized

39. tracy that is not a picture of her. thats her mother as the default.

but I agree on why in the hell would she still have william on her myspace.

Posted at 11:58AM on Oct 28th 2008 by um k

40. This is ridiculous. They don't need courts, trials, jury - They just need to murder him right off the bat. There is no mercy they need to make him suffer. If that was my family I'd get to him one or another. He would be dead. I wouldn't care about jail he would get his. People like this don't need any rights or fair trials and are not allowed to have.

I say don't feed a few tigers for a little and then throw him in there and see him suffer and get his stuff mutilated. :)

Posted at 4:57PM on Oct 29th 2008 by Boca

41. Has it Occured to all of you that are pouring Venom on this Balfour Guy, that maybe, he did not do it and by pouring this kind of Wickedness, you are doing EXACTLY what you are accusing him of doing....Killing an innocent man. Please tone down te Venom. Once he is Officially charged and Convicted, then and only then is he public property.
I have NOT suggested in any way that he is innocent, I am merely indicating that the senseless blogs from all these kneejerk psychologists is a sheer waste of energy that could be more appropriately directed in helping Consoole the bereaved family or make some positive contributions to them.
It is also telling how everyone is condeming the guy because he had been to jail...how many of you have not been to jail ? Food for thought.
Dr. Patrick

Posted at 12:01PM on Oct 28th 2008 by Dr. Patrick

42. Theory 1: Julia Hudson's Involvement
There are too many holes in this story:
1)The body of Jennifer Hudson’s mother Darnell Donerson was found by Jennifer Hudson’s sister Julia around 2:45 PM Friday. Julia called 911 to report the shooting. She also reported her 7-year-old son missing. Police arriving on the scene found Hudson’s brother Jason shot to death in a bedroom.- okay I got this from CNN. My question is how could she report her son missing if she never went through the house. She claimed to have walked in the door, and after seeing her mother's body in the living room, left out the house and called 911. She then went to the police station to report Julian missing. How did she know he was missing and not hiding in the house or somewhere murdered in the home? Apparently, the police discovered her brothers body- she did not. As I said, she only made it to the front door.
2)Friday was a teacher's work day in Chicago. Therefore, children did not report. Julia is a school bus driver. Why was she working then? If her son didn't have school, she shouldn't have had to work.
3)Police have stated that Jason Hudson was shot when the gunman shot through the front door. He also received defensive wounds. However, his body was found in an upstairs bedroom. If you've seen a picture of him- he was no small guy. William, a man of small stature, could not have taken him upstairs alone. If Jason was shot in the thigh, he would have needed a very large person to help him upstairs. I always wondered in that type of area, shouldn't they have a gun in the home?
4)Shell casings were found in Julian King's bedroom, yet police are saying he was killed in the SUV.
5) The small bullet only went through the wooden door, so the door should have still been locked. How did the killer get in? If he shot at the door first, who in their right mind would have opened it for him?
6)Why didn't they come at night when most murders occur? The whole family would've been there, and they could've killed everyone.
7)Sure, the police could've been monitoring Julia's myspace, but I doubt it. This is more along the lines of the FBI and they didn't jump aboard until late Saturday. I'm sorry, but I just can't imagine with your mother and brother being tragically killed, and your son missing, the last thing I'd be thinking about is the damn computer. And if it was her on the computer, and William was a suspect, why did she keep him as her #2 friend? His *ss would've been gone with the quickness. Why did she feel the need to explain her actions on Myspace yesterday? Why has she been seeking support from her fans on Myspace when I'm sure she's surrounded by family and friends who love her? I'm sure her closest friends/family know how to reach her. Is she enjoying her newly found celebrity status? My little cousin was gunned down a few years ago in Detroit and my Aunt joined a support group for grieving mothers. She said during her meeting yesterday, the women unanimously agreed that something wasn't right about Julia Hudson- even the grief counselor said that she's exhibiting questionable behavior for a grieving mother.
8)Her appearance at the press conference was a little too calm and collected for me. Her hair was fly, she looked pretty well-rested, and she said Julian was more "like a little brother?"
I pray that I'm wrong. Lord, I do. I just can't imagine a mother being involved in something like this, which is why I've held back on posting this. But something isn't adding up. If they had something on William, they would've charged him. I think they're trying to get William on technicalities.
Theory 2: Jason Hudson's Involvement
Jason Hudson has had a few run ins with the law. Perhaps he owed some people some money and they were coming after him. I'm not sure what Ms. Donnerson's schedule would've been like on a regular school day and what time Julian went to school. Maybe she normally took him to school, and didn't come home from dropping him off until around 9:30. If the killers had been watching the house all week, and noticed this pattern, maybe they didn't expect to find Mrs. Donnerson and Julian there on Friday. I mean, it wasn't like it was a major holiday. This would've explained a few things:
1)Why Jason went from being shot downstairs to going upstairs in his bedroom. Did he have something in his bedroom that the killers wanted? Otherwise, why did they let him walk upstairs instead of shooting him in cold blood like they did his mother?
2)They weren't expecting to see Julian. I think this may have really posed a problem for them as they struggled with what to do with him and the person couldn't bear to kill a 7 year old kid. I mean, they had enough heart not to kill the dog- but then again the dog can't talk. Whoever killed Jason and his mother probably didn't kill Julian- they got someone else to. The sad thing is, this poor boy witnessed the murder and became a liability.
I hope the Chicago Police does a good job and looks at all angles.

Posted at 12:03PM on Oct 28th 2008 by diva3serita

43. Im sure he had something to do with this . No doubt in my mind.

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But I want to address something.
what I find odd is that on her myspace she has a picture of her mom
in a frame on the right side in the mob ad.
there is also guns and a car with a white icon.

Then there is two icons highlight which are "a money bag" and a "line
of people."

now im not saying this is anything but its just odd.

dont know if she will delete that. Im hoping so because that just
doesnt look right

Why would she have a man that possibly killed her family on her myspace still?
If you can easily change your mood and pictures around you can easily delete someone off

Posted at 12:01PM on Oct 28th 2008 by um k

44. to answer TRACY #28.
You're right. Julia has a serious problem to be attracted to such a looser. She was never taught to be any different. Nobody told her HEY WAKE UP..SMARTEN UP...SNAP OUT OF IT. So now everything and everyone was taken from her. All she has left is Jennifer..who is suffereing the same tradgedy. No biggie.. Julia will now sponge off Jennifer. All will be good.

Posted at 12:03PM on Oct 28th 2008 by not surprized

45. #28 Tracy
You are so correct.....Julia still has the idiot 'Flex' as her #2 friend whilst Jennifer has removed him from her myspace

#33
The 3 Hudson siblings went to school with the suspect so even if they lived elsewhere Julia he would have still had contact with the family. If the neighbors would have called 911 when they heard the shots poor Julian would possibly have been alive today. My condolences go out to the Hudson Family....my your loved ones Rest In Peace with God.

Posted at 1:22PM on Oct 28th 2008 by Princess

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