Los Angeles County will pay nearly $30 million to Vanessa Bryant for spreading photos of the helicopter crash that killed her husband, Kobeand his daughter Gianna by employees of the emergency services.
Vanessa Bryant sued the county in 2020, shortly after the accident that killed her husband, after learning that some employees of the fire service and the “sheriff” department they had taken explicit photos of the helicopter and shared them with acquaintances.
“I live in fear that my daughters will find them on social networks“said the athlete’s widow during a statement in the trial against the county collected by The New York Times newspaper.
Last August, a court agreed with Bryant and forced Los Angeles County to pay him $16 million for the emotional damage caused by the photographs.
The agreement reached now implies that the widow of the NBA basketball player and her three daughters they will not be able to file future lawsuits on the case.
A 2021, Vanessa Bryant reached an economic agreement with the helicopter company that he had denounced for the accident that killed Los Angeles Lakers legend Gianna and seven others.
Los Angeles County agreed to pay Vanessa Bryant and three of her daughters nearly $30 million to settle a lawsuit over the sharing of graphic photos of the crash that killed Kobe and Gianna Bryant https://t.co/8y09K0LOe8
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 1, 2023
In February 2021, investigators claimed that the helicopter pilot he became disoriented because of the fog and they maintained that he did not follow the established piloting protocol when flying in dense cloud cover.
Breaking News: Los Angeles County agreed to pay Vanessa Bryant and her daughters nearly $30 million to settle a lawsuit and potential claims over the sharing of graphic photos of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe and Gianna Bryant in January 2020. https://t.co/LaJrmeo1Zq
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 1, 2023
Kobe Bryant He is the fourth all-time leading scorer in the NBA. (33,643 points) and a legend for the Los Angeles Lakers, with whom he won five rings displaying a tireless competitive spirit.
