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It’s been reported that Venus Williams has filed an emergency protective order against the victim’s family in the fatal car crash.
The lawyers for Venus Williams filed and obtained the order on Wednesday, after the victim’s family requested to inspect and download data from the vehicle in which the victim, 78-year-old Jerome Barson, was a passenger. The vehicle and Williams’ SUV collided on June 9.
A Palm Beach County judge approved the order, delaying any collection of data by the victim’s family, according to the order.
On June 9, Jerome Barson, 78, was sitting in the passenger seat of his Hyundai Accent while his wife Linda drove. According to Linda Barson’s account, she was driving through an intersection on a green light when Williams’ SUV, which was driving perpendicular, cut in front of Barson, causing Barson to T-bone Williams, a police report states.
However, in the same police report, Williams told police she had entered the intersection on a green light but, because of heavy traffic, became held up in the intersection as the light turned to red.
The police report showed Williams, 37, was driving about 5 mph when the crash occurred. The report alleges Williams “is at fault for violating the right of way of” the other driver.
