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Jennifer Hudson Breaks Down During Heartbreaking Family Trial

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The 30-year-old singer testified in court yesterday for her family's murder trial.

The trial for the murder of Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew began yesterday — and J-Hud was the first witness called to testify. We advise readers to proceed at their discretion, as some of the testimony and court arguments reported are very disturbing.

E! Online reports that Hudson, accompanied in the courtroom by fiancee David Otunga, spoke out about her sister Julia's relationship with William Balfour, the man accused of murdering her mother, brother and nephew.

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"I told her over and over again to not marry him. We did not like how he treated her," Hudson said. Hudson cried on the stand when she described the last time she saw her slain family members...

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