February 28, 2023
Los Angeles County has agreed to pay Vanessa Bryant nearly $29 million to resolve her lawsuit and potential future claims over first responders' dissemination of graphic photos from the scene of the helicopter crash that killed her husband Kobe Bryant, 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others.
September 22, 2022
There is "no real possibility" Vanessa Bryant might stumble on photos of the helicopter crash that killed her husband and daughter, Los Angeles County told a California federal judge Wednesday, saying there's no evidence that the photos shared among county first responders were publicly disseminated.
August 31, 2022
Despite a California federal jury's recent $30 million award over the Kobe Bryant crash site photos shared among Los Angeles County first responders, state-based claims that remain pending make a second trial possible, but experts believe a post-verdict settlement is more likely given the county's resounding loss in the first trial.
August 29, 2022
A California federal jury's $31 million verdict in favor of the families of victims of a 2020 helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others raises questions about the types of coverage Los Angeles County has, what policies can be implicated and how much the county will pay, experts say.
August 24, 2022
A California federal jury awarded $31 million Wednesday to families of victims of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and others after finding that the Los Angeles County sheriff's department and fire department violated their constitutional privacy rights when first responders publicly disseminated graphic photos of the victims' remains.
August 23, 2022
Los Angeles County's first responder agencies should pay up to $75 million because sheriff's deputies and firefighters inappropriately took and shared graphic photos of basketball star Kobe Bryant and others who died in a helicopter crash, lawyers for some victims' family members told a California federal jury during closing arguments Tuesday.
August 22, 2022
A sergeant with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department told a California jury Monday he ordered a deputy at the site of a helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant to take pictures — and that he defended the decision, contradicting testimony of his commanding officer at the time and other deputies.
August 19, 2022
Vanessa Bryant fought through sobs Friday while telling a California federal jury she feels betrayed by Los Angeles County first responders who shared photos of the remains of her husband, Kobe Bryant, and their daughter following a helicopter crash, saying she filed her lawsuit to get answers about how it happened.
August 18, 2022
A man who lost his wife and daughter in the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant told a California federal jury Thursday that he expected official photos of the victims to be taken by authorities but not in his "wildest imagination" did that include first responders taking cellphone pics and sharing them.
August 17, 2022
A Los Angeles County firefighter denied Wednesday that he allowed several civilians at an awards ceremony to view photos of remains from a deadly helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, telling a California federal jury that the wife of a Los Angeles city firefighter must be mistaken about the incident.