Tom Skilling Gets out of Jury Duty, More Rain Coming

By Joanna Miller in News on Oct 26, 2006 8:08PM

It’s been a rough week for the Skillings. Dare we say, a stormy one?

On Monday, Jeffrey Skilling was sentenced to 24 years for his role in the Enron debacle. Yesterday, Tom Skilling reported for jury duty at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse only to be questioned about his brother’s legal troubles and the impact on his family.

The judge even asked him about Friday’s forecast, to which Skilling replied, “We’ve got a storm coming.”

And so went Tom Skilling's shortest weather forecast ever.

Here in Chicago, we should miss the worst of it, but St. Louis may not be so lucky. Sorry, baseball fans.

Ultimately, Skilling was excused by defense attorneys who said he’s too popular and would be a distraction in the case.

Raining in Chicago via igb