Chicago Tribune
December 8, 2013
A partner at a major Chicago law firm and his nephew were charged with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old male who told authorities he blacked out after consuming 1 and 1/2 drinks at the attorney’s South Side home last week.
Bail was set Friday at $150,000 each for Stanley Stallworth, 50, who has worked at Sidley Austin for more than 20 years and specializes in commercial real estate, as well as his nephew, Therrie Miller, 22, of Dolton.
Stallworth, who is a member of the international law firm’s diversity committee and also involved in recruiting law school students, took a leave of absence from the firm “to devote his full attention to addressing these charges,” a Sidley Austin spokeswoman said in an emailed statement.
The alleged victim told authorities he met Miller at a South Holland barbershop Nov. 27 and that the next day Miller texted him and asked if he wanted to hang out at his uncle’s home, said Elizabeth Dibler, a Cook County assistant state’s attorney.
At Stallworth’s Bronzeville home, the teen alleged he was pressured into consuming a drink, Dibler said. After drinking part of another one, he lost consciousness and woke up to find Miller performing a sex act on him, she said. The teen said he tried to fight off the assault, but then Stallworth performed a sex act on him as well, she said.
He lost consciousness again and awoke the next morning naked, Dibler said. After being driven home by Miller, the teen told his mother about the alleged attack and went to a hospital Dibler said.