The county contends all images taken by its sheriff's deputies and firefighters were deleted upon orders of their superior officers, no longer exist in any form and never entered the public domain or appeared on the internet.
Bryant and Chester allege mental anguish over the thought that one day in the future, those photos will turn up in public.
Chester testified that he was shocked on Feb. 28, 2020 -- his 46th birthday -- when news broke that not only were crash scene photos taken by county personnel, they were displayed for others at a bar and at an awards ceremony and texted to others. "I'm fearful everyday," Chester testified. "There's been a lot of things that people thought didn't exist -- that have turned up on the internet."
Chester said it was an untypical Sunday morning -- while his teenage sons were getting ready to play lacrosse, his wife and basketball-playing daughter were planning to catch a ride with Kobe Bryant and Gianna on a helicopter from Orange County to Ventura County, where Payton was to play in a game at the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks. Kobe had been coaching his daughter and Payton on a team at the academy."She loved it," her father said.
"He said there'd been reports of a crash," Chester told the jury. "I called Kobe's assistant, and she let me know that we'd lost communication somewhere between Orange County and Calabasas." At the station, it was confirmed there were no survivors. Eventually, Sheriff Alex Villanueva appeared, and Chester said the lawman "understood" that the area had to be "locked down" to keep media and fans away.
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