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Vanessa Bryant also paid homage to Kobe and Gigi at the concert.
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Vanessa Bryant also paid homage to Kobe and Gigi at the concert.
The claims involved deputies and firefighters sharing grisly photos of the NBA superstar, his 13-year-old daughter and others killed in a 2020 helicopter crash.
Vanessa Bryant, widow of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, plans to donate the $16 million she was awarded this week in a lawsuit against Los Angeles County, according to the Los Angeles Times. The money will reportedly go to a foundation named in her husband's and daughter's memory.
Kobe Bryant's widow, Vanessa Bryant, was awarded $16 million in a lawsuit where she accused Los Angeles County of negligence and invasion of privacy. She sued over gruesome photos taken at the scene of the helicopter crash that killed her husband and daughter and seven others. Carter Evans has more.
A jury Wednesday awarded Vanessa Bryant $16 million in the trial over photos of the helicopter crash site where Kobe Bryant and their daughter died, along with seven others. Carter Evans has the latest.
Kobe Bryant's widow Vanessa Bryant took the stand in her civil lawsuit against Los Angeles County over the sharing of photos of the helicopter crash scene where Kobe, their daughter Gianna and 7 others were killed. CBS News legal analyst Jessica Levinson joins anchors Tanya Rivero and Errol Barnett with more on the case.
More than two years after the death of Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, and seven others in a helicopter crash, the trial has begun in his widow's lawsuit against Los Angeles County officials. National correspondent Jericka Duncan reports.
Vanessa Bryant's attorney said in his opening statement at her invasion of privacy trial that the cell-phone photos were "visual gossip," and had no official purpose.
Vanessa Bryant is suing Los Angeles County public officials for allegedly taking and distributing photos of her late husband's remains.
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.
It could be the largest naming rights deal in history — but for many L.A. sports fans, it's a big mistake.
The settlement must now be approved by a court.
Vanessa Bryant said she pleaded with the Los Angeles County sheriff to make sure nobody took photographs from the site of the 2020 helicopter crash.
Vanessa Bryant and other plaintiffs have settled their lawsuit against the company that operated the helicopter involved in the crash that killed Kobe Bryant, 13-year-old Gianna Bryant and seven others last year. Read more here.
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.
Vanessa Bryant, the widow of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, claimed the shoes were not approved to be manufactured or sold.
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.
Ruling comes in suit filed by his widow, Vanessa Bryant against the county and its sheriff's department.
Rapper says he's since apologize to the late basketball great's widow.
"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."
Bryant donated it to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2017.
"Wish Kobe and Gianna were here to see this," she wrote.
"Happy Birthday to the best movie buddy I could have ever asked for," Bryant's daughter, Natalia, wrote.
Vanessa Bryant is making her first public remarks since her husband Kobe and daughter Gianna were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday. She posted a photo of her family to Instagram on Thursday night, along with a long caption, saying she was "completely devastated by the sudden loss." David Begnaud is in Los Angeles where people are still reeling from the tragic incident.
She said wanted to wait for her birthday to open the letter: "It gave me something to look forward to today."