Oprah Winfrey, the billionaire talk show host, has received a jury summons in Chicago, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. She is expected to appear Monday at the city's criminal courts alongside roughly 300 other potential jurors.
Winfrey, 50, could be selected for a case involving charges ranging from theft to murder. If not chosen, she leaves with $17.20, the standard daily juror fee. Her staff asked only that she be allowed to use a back entrance to the courthouse.
Historical summary. TurkishPress restated this AFP wire report, first published in August 2004, in its own words.