O’Leary’s wife not impaired in crash, lawyer says

A lawyer for Linda O’Leary, the wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O’Leary, says his client was not impaired when she got involved in a boat crash on an Ontario lake that left two people dead.

Recently unsealed court documents allege Linda O’Leary had alcohol on her breath the morning after the boat she was driving collided with another vessel about 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 24. on Lake Joseph.

Search warrant documents filed by Ontario Provincial Police say Linda O’Leary told police she had consumed alcohol after the crash, but before the breath test was administered on the morning of Aug. 25.

Linda O’Leary’s lawyer, Brian Greenspan, said in a statement that the “tragic accident had nothing to do with alcohol.”

Two people were killed and three others were injured in the collision.

Linda O’Leary faces one charge of careless operation of a vessel under the Canada Shipping Act, while the operator of the other boat, Richard Ruh, of Orchard Park, New York, faces one charge of failing to exhibit a navigation light while underway.

None of the allegations have been proven in court.

“Linda O’Leary was not impaired. She is a highly experienced boater who was proceeding cautiously with due care and attention,” Greenspan said in a statement to the Canadian Press.

“She collided with a totally unlit boat on a moonless night which was invisible to any prudent operator. No one could have avoided the collision.”