Vanessa Bryant, the widow of Kobe Bryant, fears the dissemination of photos of the fatal crash

Published on: 20/08/2022 – 11:37 Vanessa Bryant explained, Friday in court, to suffer from emotional distress since the sharing of photographs, taken by the police, of the crash which cost the life of her husband and his wife. daughter, as well as seven other people. Kobe Bryant’s widow said in court on Friday (August 19) that she was devastated when she learned that rescue workers had taken photos of the site where the helicopter in which her husband, daughter and seven others crashed. people have died. Very moved, Vanessa Bryant said she lives in fear that these photos will emerge online. “It’s like Covid-19. Once it spreads, you can’t stop it.” Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others died in the crash. helicopter on January 26, 2020 in West Los Angeles, California.Vanessa Bryant says she suffered emotional distress when Los Angeles County police and firefighters photographed the crash site and victims before sharing the snaps with other people. She is claiming damages from Los Angeles County in an exact amount that has not been disclosed. Her complaint was associated with that of Chris Chester, whose wife and 13-year-old daughter also died in the incident. ‘accident. Los Angeles County attorneys do not dispute that the photos were taken but say they were never made public and have since been deleted. “I had protected my family from the details” On the stand , Thursday, Chris Chester expressed his disbelief upon learning of the existence of these photos. “I had shielded my family from the details” of the crash, he said. “And then I thought there would be pictures of the remains” on the Internet, he recalled, explaining that he asked his sons not to search for them on the Web.Mira Hashmall, a Los County attorney Angeles, said authorities had “worked tirelessly to keep these crash site photos out of the public domain.” cannot be found online, and the plaintiffs admit they have never seen them.” Other families of victims were awarded $2.5 million in compensation last year in the same case. An investigation concluded at the responsibility of the pilot of the helicopter in the accident, an “error of judgment” having led to his “disorientation” in the middle of a thick fog. The death at 41 years of Kobe Bryant, emblematic player of the Los Angeles Lakers and considered one of the best basketball players in the history of this sport, had caused a e strong emotion all over the world. With AFP