Vanessa Bryant awarded $16 million over Kobe Bryant helicopter crash web site images

The widow of the late basketball star Kobe Bryant was awarded $16 million by a jury on Wednesday over the sharing of images of human stays on the helicopter crash web site the place her husband, their 13-year-old daughter Gianna and 7 others had been killed in 2020, based on a number of media studies.

Vanessa Bryant had sued Los Angeles County, alleging invasion of privateness, after accusing members of the Los Angeles County sheriff’s and fireplace departments of sharing ugly photographs of the crash in unofficial settings, together with to patrons in a bar.

Chris Chester, whose spouse Sarah, 45, and daughter, Payton, 13, had been amongst these killed within the crash and who joined Bryant’s lawsuit, was awarded $15 million, bringing the overall jury award to $31 million.

Bryant, who was within the Los Angeles federal courtroom when the decision was learn out after an 11-day trial, clasped her face in her arms and wept. She and her lawyer declined to talk to reporters as they left the courthouse.

Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and 7 different individuals died within the crash in Calabasas, California, on January 26, 2020.

Vanessa Bryant has additionally filed lawsuits in opposition to the helicopter constitution firm and the deceased pilot’s property.

The county already agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle an analogous case introduced by households of others who died within the crash.

Kobe Bryant was 41 when he died. The Los Angeles Lakers nice and 18-time All-Star gained 5 NBA championships and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2020.