Attorneys seek Venus Williams' cellphone in fatal crash

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) Attorneys for the family of a 78-year-old Florida man who died after a vehicle crash with tennis star Venus Williams are asking to search her cellphone.

The Palm Beach Post reports attorneys at Steinger, Iscoe and Green filed a motion Friday requesting to have a forensic expert examine Williams' phone to determine what she may have been doing when the June 9 crash happened. Jerome Barson - a passenger in the car his wife was driving - died two weeks after the crash.

The motion states that ''evidence gathered thus far indicated (Williams) may have been distracted and or unnecessarily delayed'' in her reaction to a traffic signal or surrounding traffic. Earlier last month, Williams and her attorney objected to a motion asking to see her cellphone records.

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Information from: The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post, http://www.pbpost.com