Jury Seated In Bashara Murder Trial; Testimony Expected To Include 'Sex Dungeon' Details

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A jury has been selected in the trial of a man charged with arranging his wife's murder in Grosse Pointe Park.

Wayne County Judge Vonda Evans told the jurors Thursday to return for opening statements Tuesday in the trial of Robert Bashara.

Bashara is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife Jane, who was strangled in 2012. Joe Gentz, a handyman who worked for the family, admitted to killing the woman on Bashara's orders and is in prison for second-degree murder.

The 56-year-old Bashara is in prison, too, for trying to have Gentz killed in jail. Gentz is scheduled to appear in court Friday for a hearing to determine if he will serve as a witness in Bashara's trial.

The jury includes 11 men and five women -- four of which are alternates.

Jurors will likely hear testimony about a sex dungeon. Prosecutors claim Bashara had his wife killed so he could live a new life with a woman who called him "Master Bob."

The trial is expected to last several weeks.

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