Murder trial of ex-U.Va. lax player enters week 2

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - February 13, 2012

Prosecutors are scheduled to resume building their case Monday against George Huguely V, the Chevy Chase, Md., man accused in the May 2010 death of 22-year-old Yeardley Love of suburban Baltimore. She also was a lacrosse player at U.Va.

The 24-year-old defendant has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges related to the couple's final, violent encounter.

Prosecutor Dave Chapman has called witnesses who described Huguely as having a growing drinking problem and jealous of Love's involvement with a lacrosse player from North Carolina.

The defense has cast Love's death as an accident.

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