The family of the late Kobe Bryant has agreed to a $28.5 million settlement with Los Angeles County to resolve the remaining claims in a lawsuit over deputies and firefighters sharing grisly photos of the NBA star, his 13-year-old daughter and other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash, attorneys and court filings said Tuesday, Feb. Invasion of Privacy : The lawsuit argued that taking and sharing these images violated the family’s right to privacy. Kobe and Gianna deserved to be remembered for who they were in life, not as victims of a crash shared for morbid entertainment. LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of the late Kobe Bryant has agreed to a $28.5 million settlement with Los Angeles County to resolve the remaining claims in a lawsuit over deputies and. Vanessa Bryant has agreed to accept a $28.85 million settlement from Los Angeles County in exchange for ending her fight against those she accused of improperly taking and sharing gruesome photos. In her federal lawsuit , Vanessa Bryant alleges that several deputies used personal cellphones “to take and share gratuitous photos of the dead children, parents and coaches” while at the. The News & Observer - June 4, 2025 Families get $30 million settlement 7 years after fatal Duke Life Flight crash BY LEXI SOLOMON Seven years after a Duke Life Flight helicopter crashed in eastern North Carolina, killing all four people on board, a lawsuit filed by two of the victims’ families has been settled for tens of millions of dollars. Vanessa Bryant, the widow of NBA and Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant , sued Los Angeles County after learning that first responders took and shared pictures of the helicopter crash site. The suit claims that one deputy took as many as 100 images, distributed them to other county workers and showed them in a Norwalk bar — despite assurances from Sheriff Alex Villaneuva that the Bryant family’s privacy would be protected. Two of the families whose loved ones perished in the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash just agreed to settlements with L.A. County over the alleged sharing of crash site photos of remains –.
The Kobe Bryant Crash: A Family's Fight for Privacy
The family of the late Kobe Bryant has agreed to a $28.5 million settlement with Los Angeles County to resolve the remaining claims in a lawsuit over deputies a...
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