Last Updated on 08/29/2022 by てんしょく飯
Vanessa Bryant has won a lawsuit against Los Angeles County.
Vanessa Bryant, wife of NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash in 2020, had filed a lawsuit with other victims’ families seeking damages for emotional distress caused by the sharing of graphic photos of the accident scene by emergency personnel and others without permission. Vanessa Bryant filed a lawsuit with other victims’ families seeking damages.
Vanessa Bryant won a lawsuit against Los Angeles County.
The court has now ruled against Los Angeles, ordering the plaintiffs to pay a total of $31 million in damages.
According to a report by Deadline, the judge ordered Kobe’s family to pay $16 million and Chris Chester, who also lost his wife Sarah and daughter Peyton in the accident, to pay $15 million.
The article also states that the court took the jury about 4.5 hours to deliberate on the case before reaching this verdict.
The helicopter crash that killed nine people, including Kobe Bryant and his second daughter, Giana, who was 13 at the time, occurred on January 26, 2020. It was revealed that firefighters and police officers who responded to the accident took pictures of Kobe and Giana’s bodies and released them not only to other parties but also to outsiders, and Vanessa expressed her outrage at the time, calling it “completely intriguing and an invasion of privacy.
The plaintiffs’ victory came on Wednesday, August 24. Coincidentally, this day was “Mamba Day,” named after Corby’s two numbers, 8 and 24, and his nickname, “Black Mamba.
Furthermore, the day before this, the 23rd, was Corby’s 44th birthday. Vanessa wrote on her Instagram that day, “Happy Birthday, baby! I love you and miss you so much!” Vanessa wrote on her Instagram.
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