Defense lawyer: Va. player’s death was accident

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The death of a University of Virginia women’s lacrosse player was an accident, said a lawyer for the man accused of killing her.

Defense lawyer Francis Lawrence said this morning he was confident Yeardley Love’s death was not intended.

George Huguely, a men’s lacrosse player at the school, was arrested Monday hours after Love’s body was found in her apartment. He has been charged with murder.

“Until more information becomes available, it is our hope that no conclusions will be drawn or judgments made about George or his case,” Lawrence said Tuesday, reading a statement to reporters outside a courthouse. “We are confident that Ms. Love’s death was not intended, but an accident with a tragic outcome.”

Lawrence did not elaborate and said he would have no further comment.