You would think the prosecution in the George Ryan trial would have learned by now that their key witness, Scott Fawell, doesn't like answering questions about his fiancee, Andrea Coutretsis. We mean he really, REALLY doesn't like it, and if it would not have been too surprising if he had gone all Naomi Campbell on federal prosecutors before he finished up his testimony on Tuesday. more ›

In case you haven’t noticed, Chicagoist has become slightly obsessed with the enigma that is Scott Fawell. First we were scared when he took us back to college with his cocky frat boy routine, then we felt sad when we found out his admiration of George Ryan was not being reciprocated, and now we have been confronted with the love struck Romeo act. Yesterday, during his fourth day of testimony in the corruption trial... more ›

Last week Scott Fawell entered the courtroom of the Ryan trial as the arrogant, swaggering frat boy we have all grown to loathe. After waving to the audience in the courtroom, he nodded to Ryan and his co-defendant Larry Warner, saluted a reporter, and made it clear that he does not appreciate the prosecution making him turn on his buddy George Ryan. more ›

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Man, the press is having a field day with Scott Fawell. "Fawell tune: What he'll do for love" is the Trib's headline, and the Sun-Times weighs in with "Teary Fawell: I'm ratting out Ryan for love." Of course, Chicagoist has a serious case of Friday brain, and as we read the S-T headline we were like, "Hey, who's Teary Fawell? I wonder if he's related to Scott Fawell." Anyway, English language: what's up. more ›