The jurors who returned the verdict agreed that her privacy was invaded when deputies and firefighters took and shared photos of the remains of Kobe Bryant and their daughter Gianna.
LOS ANGELES — A federal jury found Wednesday that Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant’s widow $16 million over photos of the NBA star’s body at the site of the 2020 helicopter crash site that killed him.
The jury deliberated for 4 1/2 hours before reaching the verdict. Vanessa Bryant cried quietly as it was read. People are also reading… Vanessa Bryant tearfully testified during the 11-day trial that news of the photos compounded her still-raw grief a month after losing her husband and daughter, and that she still has panic attacks at the thought that they might still be out there.
Her co-plaintiff Chris Chester, whose wife and daughter were also among the nine people killed in the crash, was awarded $15 million.National News Kobe Bryant widow awarded $16M in trial over crash photos Tags Respond: Write a letter to the editor | Write a guest opinion
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