The man found guilty of killing Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson’s mom, brother and 7-year-old nephew claimed he is innocent more than seven years after the slayings and said his conviction was the result of a grand police-concocted “conspiracy.”
Balfour was sentenced in 2012 to life in prison without parole for the October 24, 2008 shooting deaths of Hudson’s 57-year-old mother, Darnell Donerson, her 29-year-old brother, Jason Hudson, and her 7-year-old nephew, Julian King. The adults were found dead inside their Chicago home, while Julian’s body was found in a car Balfour had stolen.
Prosecutors said Balfour — who was married to but estranged from Hudson’s older sister, Julia Hudson at the time of the killings — was a jealous man who stalked his wife’s family after she moved out in early 2008. He was on parole for an attempted 1992 murder when he was arrested.
During the murder trial, Julia Hudson testified that Balfour — a career criminal previously convicted on gang, drug and carjacking charges — threatened to kill her multiple times, a claim Balfour rejected in his first-ever interview. Witnesses said they say Balfour carrying a distinctive black-and-silver pistol on the day of the shootings — the exact same kind police would later determine were used in the murders. Balfour claimed those people were lying.
Monroe made her acting debut in the Wendy Williams biopic Queen of Media and later acted in Crazy like a Fox. She began modeling and appearing in music videos for various artists such as Kanye West and Trey Songz.[6] She later became LoLa Monroe in 2007; "Monroe" is a reference to the actress, model, film producer and singer Marilyn Monroe.
Monroe was nominated for Best Female Hip Hop Artist at the BET Awards of 2011. In October 2011, Monroe was announced as Taylor Gang's first lady, and signed to the label. Her first mixtape to be released under the label was Lipstick & Pistols. After many push backs, the mixtape released on October 23, 2013.
In September 4, 2013 she released her debut single "B.B. (Boss Bitch)" featuring Chevy Woods and Juicy J, produced by Sledgren and supposed to be on her debut album. Then on September 19, she along with producer Cardo left Taylor Gang and dismissed their affiliation with the label. LoLa Monroe later confirmed that she had never signed to the label in the first place.
