{"id":54879,"date":"2022-08-24T11:01:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T11:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lawyer-asks-jury-to-award-vanessa-bryant-40-million-over-kobe-crash-photo-leak\/"},"modified":"2022-08-24T11:01:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T11:01:10","slug":"lawyer-asks-jury-to-award-vanessa-bryant-40-million-over-kobe-crash-photo-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lawyer-asks-jury-to-award-vanessa-bryant-40-million-over-kobe-crash-photo-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer asks jury to award Vanessa Bryant $40 million over Kobe crash photo leak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A lawyer for a man who lost his wife and daughter in the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant asked a Los Angeles federal jury on Tuesday to award him and the NBA star&#8217;s widow tens of millions of dollars each over photos of the shared by first responders .<\/p>\n<p>Chris Chester \u2014 whose wife Sarah and daughter Payton, 13, were among the nine people killed in the January 2020 crash \u2014 should be awarded $32.5 million and Vanessa Bryant should get $42.5 million total for past and future emotional distress caused by the images, barrister Jerry said Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe evidence in this case is dramatic and tragic,\u201d Jackson said to jurors during closing arguments in the trial over the photos.  \u201cIt demolished [Chester\u2019s] right \u2026 and stole his dignity inhumanely \u2026 and they laughed about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bryant and Chester are suing Los Angeles County for invasion of privacy and emotional distress over the pictures of the tragic crash that killed Lakers legend, Kobe Bryant, 41;  the Bryants&#8217; daughter Gianna, 13, and seven others in Calabasas, California.<\/p>\n<p>Closing arguments from each of their attorneys were delivered Tuesday, the 10th day of the trial, and what would have been Kobe Bryant&#8217;s 44th birthday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption>Bryant previously tested that she is worried about the images potentially being posted online.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">David Buchan for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cForty-four years ago today in Philadelphia, Penn., Kobe Bryant was born,\u201d Craig Lavoie, attorney for Vanessa Bryant said at the start of his statement.  \u201cToday is his birthday and it&#8217;s an honor to stand here to represent Mrs.  Bryant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are asking for justice on her behalf and on the behalf of her daughter Gianna, who would be 16 if she were still with us.. if not for a devastating, life shattering accident,\u201d Lavoie continued.  \u201cBut we&#8217;re not here because of an accident.  We are here because of an intentional conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The late basketball star&#8217;s wife, who sat in the courtroom dressed in all black, sobbed softly as her attorney spoke.  She was joined by singer Monica, who sat in the court audience, for the second day in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, the 40-year-old widow shared a heartfelt Instagram post wishing her late husband a happy birthday next to a photo of herself wrapped in his arms. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy birthday, baby!  I love you and miss you so much!  #44 \u2764\ufe0f @kobebryant,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>County employees from the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department and County Fire Department violated Vanessa Bryant and Chester&#8217;s constitutional rights by sharing the crash scene photos with members of the public, Lavoie said.<\/p>\n<p>He accused numerous deputies and firefighters of showing off the photos \u2014 which reportedly included severed body parts strewn around a hillside \u2014 to family members, friends and a bartender as well as at a gala awards event. <\/p>\n<p>In one instance, Deputy Joey Cruz showed the gruesome pictures to Norwalk, Calif.  bartender Victor Gutierrez who tested that the law enforcement officer had shared the shots with him.<\/p>\n<p>An internal affairs probe found that Cruz and other deputies violated several department policies over the way they handled the crash pictures and the rebuke will remain in their personnel records.<\/p>\n<p>However, Lavoie added that more people likely saw the photos as well who weren&#8217;t identified during the internal department probes.  He said deputies and firefighter who received the photos wiped their phones clean before they were processed in the investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Lavoie added the NBA star&#8217;s widow suffers from constant anxiety that the gruesome pictures could resurface someday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe&#8217;s scared and afraid, and when she goes to bed, she thinks about those pictures,\u201d Lavoie said.  \u201cSomeday she will have to explain (to her other children)\u2026 what the Sheriff&#8217;s Department did to them while they where vulnerable on that hill.  Kobe valued family and he could n&#8217;t protect her.  She&#8217;s haunted that these images will come out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson, Chester&#8217;s attorney, argued the first responders joked about the stomach-turning photos at an awards gala, which reportedly included a pic of Kobe Bryant&#8217;s torso.<\/p>\n<p>US District Judge John Walter had previously consolidated Bryant&#8217;s and Chester&#8217;s argument.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson said Chester had to quit his job as a financial advisor and was traumatized after the death of his beloved wife and daughter.  The 48-year old sank into an even deeper depression and he took to drinking after he found out pictures of their remains were being shared like a souvenir by first responders, the attorney added. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe never apologized, never reached out to Mr.  Chester,\u201d Jackson told jurors.  \u201cThey never cared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The defense will provide their closing arguments tomorrow, after which the jury in the case will begin deliberations.  The judge told judges that they will be required to deliberate until 4 pm each day until they come to a decision. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lawyer for a man who lost his wife and daughter in the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant asked a Los Angeles federal jury on Tuesday to award him and the NBA star&#8217;s widow tens of millions of dollars each over photos of the shared by first responders . Chris Chester \u2014 whose wife &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lawyer-asks-jury-to-award-vanessa-bryant-40-million-over-kobe-crash-photo-leak\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lawyer asks jury to award Vanessa Bryant $40 million over Kobe crash photo leak<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[2943,16640,16641,46,6367,16642],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55679,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jury-awards-vanessa-bryant-16-million-over-crash-photos-taken-of-kobe-bryant-daughter-gianna\/","url_meta":{"origin":54879,"position":0},"title":"Jury awards Vanessa Bryant $16 million over crash photos taken of Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna","date":"August 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant's widow, Vanessa, was awarded $16 million as part of a $31 million jury verdict Wednesday against Los Angeles County for deputies and firefighters sharing grisly photos of the NBA star; their 13-year-old daughter, Gianna; and other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash.The nine jurors\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":55952,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/vanessa-bryant-reacts-to-jurys-verdict-in-kobe-bryant-helicopter-crash-site-photos-trial\/","url_meta":{"origin":54879,"position":1},"title":"Vanessa Bryant reacts to jury&#8217;s verdict in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash site photos trial","date":"August 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Vanessa Bryant is celebrating the outcome of a civil case over photos of the helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna and seven others in January 2020.A federal jury awarded Vanessa Bryant $16 million on Wednesday after an 11-day civil trial that went into graphic detail about\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":55777,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kobe-bryant-crash-photos-trial-jury-finds-la-county-must-pay-vanessa-bryant-16-million-and-chris-chester-15-million\/","url_meta":{"origin":54879,"position":2},"title":"Kobe Bryant crash photos trial: Jury finds LA County must pay Vanessa Bryant $16 million and Chris Chester $15 million","date":"August 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A federal jury Wednesday ordered Los Angeles County to pay $31 million in damages over the actions of deputies and firefighters who took and shared gruesome photos from the scene of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":55638,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kobe-bryant-widow-awarded-16m-in-trial-over-crash-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":54879,"position":3},"title":"Kobe Bryant widow awarded $16M in trial over crash photos","date":"August 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Kobe Bryant's widow was awarded $16 million as part of a $31 million jury verdict Wednesday against Los Angeles County for deputies and firefighters sharing grisly photos of the NBA starhis 13-year-old daughter and other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash.The nine jurors unanimously agreed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":56119,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/vanessa-bryant-speaks-out-after-kobe-crash-photos-verdict\/","url_meta":{"origin":54879,"position":4},"title":"Vanessa Bryant speaks out after Kobe crash photos verdict","date":"August 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"An emotional Vanessa Bryant has spoken out after being awarded $16 million in her trial against Los Angeles County. 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