Widow of Kobe Bryant, businesswoman Vanessa Bryant won the lawsuit against Los Angeles County, United States, for the photos that were taken of the accident that killed the former basketball player. She will receive US$ 16 million, around R$ 81 million.
According to the websiteMZ, a jury accepted the arguments of Vanessa and Chris Chester, a family friend who lost his daughter and wife in the helicopter crash. The two claimed that they are afraid that these photos will be made public one day and that it was unacceptable for public officials and law enforcement officials to have taken such a step. Vanessa, according to the vehicle, cried upon hearing the verdict.
Sheriff’s office agents, as well as firefighters dispatched to the scene of the accident in January 2020, took photos of the scene, including the mutilated remains of Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, also killed in the accident. In total, nine people died in the tragedy.
The civil trial in Los Angeles exposed how some members of the first responders’ teams showed photos of the dead, especially the former Los Angeles Lakers player, to people unrelated to the case. In its defense, the US city county argued that the images were never released and that its high-ranking officials rushed to delete them from the agents’ electronic devices.
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