HOUSTON AP – Some potential jurors in a lawsuit alleging the wife of nationally known pastor Joel Osteen assaulted a flight attendant admitted Wednesday to being star-struck by the couple and that their respect for them might affect their judgment in the case.

Jury selection began Wednesday in the lawsuit filed by Continental Airlines flight attendant Sharon Brown, who says Victoria Osteen assaulted her before the start of a 2005 flight from Houston to Vail, Colo. Brown alleges Victoria Osteen threw her against a bathroom door and elbowed her in the left breast during an angry outburst over a stain on her first-class seat.