Venus Williams 'could be CLEARED of causing car death' . Tennis star's lawyers say police report blaming her for crash is NOT final and can be 'updated'

Hope to be cleared: Lawyers for Venus Williams - who is playing at Wimbledon - said in court in Florida on Friday that a police report blaming her for a car crash which led to the death of Jerome Barson could be 'updated'

Lawyers for Venus Williams suggested today that police could 'update' their assessment that she was to blame for a horror car crash that killed a Florida retiree.

A police report into the fatal June 9 collision stated that Williams was at fault because she turned left into the path of the car in which Jerome Barson, 78, was a passenger.

But at a court hearing to thrash out how the two sides will share evidence extracted from the two mangled vehicles, her lawyer Malcolm Cunningham suggested cops could change their tune - and sensationally clear the tennis superstar.

'That's not a complete final report - it can be updated,' Cunningham told reporters outside a courthouse in Palm Beach County, Florida. Williams was not present as she is playing at Wimbledon.

'Venus Williams entered that intersection on a green light, her progress was impeded and she had the right by state law to get through the intersection,' he added.