After numerous delays, a trial will begin Monday in the case of a former Kansas University student accused of causing horrific injuries to his ex-girlfriend in an October 2007 attack.

Douglas County District Court clerk’s office has summoned 100 potential jurors in the case of Matthew Jaeger, who’s charged with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery, aggravated burglary and making a criminal threat. Court officials said that large of a jury pool is about average for high-profile cases here.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday morning. Potential jurors were required to answer 13 pages of questions that ranged from how much news coverage of the case they’ve seen to whether they have a bumper sticker on their car, and if so, what it says.

Prosecutors have endorsed more than 200 witnesses in the case for a trial that’s expected to last three weeks.

The charges stem from an incident on Oct. 9, 2007. According to the victim’s testimony during a preliminary hearing in February 2008, Jaeger broke into her apartment in the 1200 block of George Court and became enraged after finding her with another man.

She said Jaeger, who’s trained in jiu-jitsu, choked her until she became unconscious. When she came to, she had massive injuries to her vagina and pelvic region. Prosecutors allege Jaeger then dragged the woman down the stairs, forced her into the back seat of his car, which his friend was driving, and fled the scene.

Lawrence police officers later stopped the vehicle near Sixth and Florida streets, discovering the extent of the woman’s injuries when she stepped out of the car and began hemorrhaging from her crotch area.

The victim was hospitalized for nearly two weeks, undergoing multiple surgeries and physical therapy so she could walk again.

While attorneys for Jaeger have not said what their defense will be, they’ve previously argued that Jaeger found the woman in that condition and was simply trying to get her help when officers pulled the vehicle over. Jaeger’s attorney, Pedro Irigonegaray, who defended former Kansas State University professor Thomas Murray in the first-degree murder trial of his ex-wife, took over the case a year ago.

“My client is supposed to be considered innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt,” Irigonegaray said. “If I look at the comments made on the Web site, the newspaper, the blogs, it’s not quite being pictured in that fashion. But I know that once we get to court and once we start reviewing the matter with prospective jurors that they’ll understand that none of that matters. Evidence will be presented in court, and in court is where the decision regarding guilt or innocence is going to be made.”

Jaeger has been out of jail since posting the $850,000 bond the judge set in the case, but was required to wear a GPS monitoring device while being housed at a substance abuse treatment facility in California. The judge agreed to allow Jaeger to remove the tracking device while he’s living at home in suburban Chicago awaiting trial. He is prohibited from traveling within a 100-mile radius of the victim.

The Kansas Attorney General’s Office is handling the prosecution of the case because Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson, who was previously a defense attorney, once represented Jaeger on a DUI case.

Prosecutor Nola Wright has taken the unusual step of filing a motion seeking a harsher sentence if Jaeger is convicted, citing the excessive brutality of the crime. It’s a factor jurors in the case would be asked to decide.

Both sides are ready to proceed with the trial, which first was scheduled for October 2008, postponed to February 2009 and then to this week.

“All I want for this trial is that both parties start equal,” Irigonegaray said. “I trust Kansas jurors. I trust Douglas County jurors, and we look forward to an opportunity to have a fair and impartial trial.”