Their questions to witnesses focused on two areas: One, Assad’s health, particularly her steadiness on her feet, after she suffered neck injuries in a Mother’s Day traffic collision in 2019 and two years before that, a fall down the stairs at home.
None of the defense attorneys made opening statements Wednesday, but they began laying the groundwork for a case that will attempt to poke holes in the largely circumstantial prosecution argument. No one is saying who is paying for the high-priced defense, but Ginsberg represented Williams’ brother, Clippers basketball star and Riverside King High graduate Kawhi Leonard, in a copyright infringement lawsuit against Nike.
Attorney Peter Ginsberg was originally hired by Williams’ family, and he tabbed Blumenthal’s law office to represent her.
