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Body Camera Video Shows Officer Telling Venus Williams She's At Fault In Car Crash

The footage shows a Palm Beach Gardens officer telling the tennis star he won't cite her: "You just got stuck in a bad situation." She is being sued for wrongful death of a man in the other vehicle.

In body camera footage released by police in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., an officer tells tennis star Venus Williams that she is at fault in a car crash, but that he is not going to cite her. "You just got stuck in a bad situation there," he says.

The the video Thursday. The footage reflects: that Williams was at fault in the June 9 crash that led to the death of a passenger in the other vehicle.

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