Kobe Bryant, the former Lakers star, five-time NBA champion and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, was traveling with Gianna and seven others to a youth basketball game when the helicopter they were aboard crashed into hills in Calabasas west of Los Angeles on Jan. 26, 2020.
Deputies and firefighters responding to the crash scene shot phone photos of the bodies and the wreckage, which Hashmall argued at trial were an essential part of assessing the situation. But the pictures were shared, mostly between employees of the county sheriff’s and fire departments, including by some who were playing video games and attending an awards banquet. They were also seen by some of their spouses and in one case by a bartender at a bar where a deputy was drinking.
Li told jurors that the close-up photos had no official or investigative purpose, and were mere “visual gossip” shared out of a gruesome curiosity.ADVERTISEMENTduring the 11-day trial that news of the photos compounded her still-raw grief a month after losing her husband and daughter, and that she still has panic attacks at the thought that they might still be out there and her daughters might someday see them online.
The verdict in her favor was erroneously read as $16 million in court, but was later amended to $15 million.Chris Chester, Vanessa Bryant’s co-plaintiff at the trial, was also awarded $15 million at trial, and reached his own settlement with the county in September for nearly $5 million more.
Now go away!
Disgusting inhuman behaviour.
Rediculous
How much did his rape victim get?
Gold Digger..
I wonder if the everyday person would win the same amount? Not saying what happened was right in anyway, but he's not the first and won't be the last to have these kind of pictures shared. So, what about everybody else?
Add $28 million for🛍👠👗💍📿
trickle up economics.
Tax payers money will go to this super wealthy women who doesn't need money so that the cops doesn't have to pay a single dime for his batshit stupid behavior. They call this justice.
It's great to see rich people getting richer.
Good, take them for all the cash you can get
The bar is now reset for wrongful death compensation.
Greedy greedy.
Damnn. That’s a lot of money for pictures Ive never seen. Probably not from the Bryant’s perspective, but from mine it is. I definitely miss Kobe
Sure glad they got that money they needed so desperately. Google sports figures, actors, etc. death photos and you’ll see tons. Stupid precedent.
The media does it it's fine though?
Cause they really needed the damn money?!?
the taxpayers continue to pay for the stupid police. fire everyone involved.
BlackLivesMatter BlackGirlMagic
Way to go LA County!
Spending taxpayer money to pay for cop mistakes again.
People get shot in the head and don’t get 28 million…this is criminal
Peanuts....
That's really hilarious
How the hell does anyone justify giving tens of millions to a multi millionaire for something that no middle class or poor person could even get a trial for ?!? Good job Los Angeles. Fire the people who did it and sue the people who did it. This is bullshit.
I've never seen the grizzly photos, anyone here has without actively searching for?
What a joke
Grifter 🤡
Please tell me why a billionaire taking $30 million from the city helps anybody?
Outrageous
Maybe if the money came out of the pockets of those who shared those photos there would be fewer cases like this
Who says black people don’t get reparations? This is a rip off for the people of Los Angeles.
Sharing that personal stuff is sick and the lowest. Money seems to buy this off, but the selling of tragedy is a sickness.
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