RENO, Nev. (AP) - A Nevada judge has granted most of the media's request to ease up on limits he had placed on coverage of next week's trial for the man accused of killing 19-year-old Brianna Denison and sexually assaulting two other women.

Lawyers for a Reno newspaper and TV station told Washoe District Judge Robert Perry Friday the restrictions on photos and courthouse interviews violate the First Amendment.

Perry is worried about pretrial publicity as well as the safety of witnesses who will testify against James Biela in the 2-year-old case.

His order had banned photos of any witness who is not a law officer or an expert. But he agreed Friday to limit the prohibition to sexual assault victims and Biela's ex-girlfriend who is the mother of his 5-year-old son.