
Jury awards Vanessa Bryant $16 million in Kobe Bryant crash site photos trial
A jury ruled that Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant's widow $16 million after deputies and firefighters allegedly took and shared photos of the crash scene.
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A jury ruled that Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant's widow $16 million after deputies and firefighters allegedly took and shared photos of the crash scene.
Lawyers for widow Vanessa Bryant allege in the suit that photos of his remains and daughter Gianna's from the helicopter crash site where they died were found on numerous Sheriff's Dept. and firefighter devices.
Plaintiffs in the suit included Vanessa Bryant and her three surviving daughters, John James and Alexis Altobelli, Christopher Chester and his two surviving children and Matthew Mauser and his three children.
"You're not just an MVP, you're an all-time great," she said in a moving speech.
The four L.A. County Sheriff's Department deputies allegedly shared graphic photos of the crash site with people who had no connection to the investigation.
Rapper says he's since apologize to the late basketball great's widow.
The helicopter crashed in January last year amid heavy fog.
"I miss my baby girl and Kob-Kob so much, too," Bryant wrote. "I will never understand why/how this tragedy could've happened to such beautiful, kind and amazing human beings."
LeBron James posted a message dedicated to Bryant on Instagram with his ring: "Love and miss you my brother!"
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Thousands attended the "celebration of life" for Bryant and others killed in a helicopter crash last month.
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The wrongful death lawsuit filed by Vanessa Bryant said the pilot was careless and negligent by flying in cloudy conditions and should have aborted the flight.
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"#2, #24 #20 years as a Laker, " the bereaved wife and mother wrote on Instagram.
"Not gonna lie. Seems to me that karma caught up with a rapist today," Dr. Liza Sejkora wrote on Facebook soon after the helicopter crash that killed the NBA legend, his teen daughter and seven others.
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"He will be missed but he will not be forgotten, that's for sure," said the WNBA legend.
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