Wednesday, March 01, 2023

Vanessa Bryant Awarded $28 Million Over Misuse of Kobe Bryant Death Scene Photos


Last year Kobe Bryant's widow, Vanessa Bryant, filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles County after it was revealed that emergency responders were sharing gory pictures of the crash sight where her husband, daughter Gianna, and members of their traveling basketball team perished after their helicopter slammed into a mountain [click here if you missed that]. 

Vanessa has been awarded a huge settlement...

Vanessa Bryant has settled her remaining claims against Los Angeles County over the misuse of photos from the helicopter crash that killed her husband, Kobe Bryant, and daughter, Gianna Bryant for nearly $30million.
A jury awarded Vanessa Bryant $15million for her federal claims in August but the settlement recorded Tuesday included that figure and added state claims of invasion of privacy.
Vanessa also added her two youngest daughters - Capri and Bianka - to the deal in order to finalize the settlement.
The pictures were reportedly shared primarily between employees of the Los Angeles County sheriff's and fire departments.
Attorneys for the county argued in court that the photos were taken and shared, but said that an immediate order to delete them kept them from circulating more widely.
In August, the jury also awarded $15million to Chris Chester, who joined the suit because his wife and daughter were also killed in the crash. The county agreed to pay the Chester family an additional nearly $5million to resolve any future claims.
Two other families separately settled with the county over the photos for $1.25million each in October of 2021.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sad

Anonymous said...

Good for her

Anonymous said...

Good

Anonymous said...

And the rich get richer.

The King Of The Real said...

I hope every one of them gets fired. This is sick.

Treasure Hill said...

@1103

Keep that same energy when Serena dies.....

Vernell said...

I hope that the Other Victims Of This Tragedy Received Fair Compensation, Eventually. This Woman Is Pure Greed ~ Damn Everyone Else, Eventhough, She Has More Assets Than She Can Use In Several Lifetimes But, She Needed To Be 1st To File & Settle This Lawsuit...

Anonymous said...

VB mother will be coming for her share of those coins. Remember when she was fighting with her daughter for a share of KB money. Go get it granny.

Anonymous said...

I'm still waiting to hear Vanessa gifts Kobe's family 1/3 of his estate or gave them $70M. I just want to see something. It's not the public's business, but it sucks to see Vanessa and her family got all of this man's money, assets, etc. His Bryant family got nothing.

She can give them this $28M and still be good for life. Remember at the memorial service only Shaq acknowledged Kobe's parents and siblings?

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