{"id":56119,"date":"2022-08-25T15:23:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T15:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/vanessa-bryant-speaks-out-after-kobe-crash-photos-verdict\/"},"modified":"2022-08-25T15:23:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T15:23:07","slug":"vanessa-bryant-speaks-out-after-kobe-crash-photos-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/vanessa-bryant-speaks-out-after-kobe-crash-photos-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanessa Bryant speaks out after Kobe crash photos verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>An emotional Vanessa Bryant has spoken out after being awarded $16 million in her trial against Los Angeles County.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, a federal jury gave its verdict after first responders snapped and shared grisly photos of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed Vanessa&#8217;s husband, Kobe Bryant, their 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others.<\/p>\n<p>The panel of nine jurors agreed that deputies and firefighters invaded the privacy of the NBA star&#8217;s widow and brought her emotional distress by taking photos of the remains of the LA Lakers hero and his daughter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Vanessa Bryant called the argument verdict \u201cJUSTICE for Kobe and Gigi.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">PATRICK T. FALLON\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-feat-image.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Vanessa Bryant (C), wife of the late Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Kobe Bryant, and her daughter Natalia Bryant (L) depart the court house in Los Angeles, California, on August 24, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-23606138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Los Angeles County must share $16 million in damages to Vanessa Bryant.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">PATRICK T. FALLON\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-13.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Firefighters work the scene of a helicopter crash where former NBA basketball star Kobe Bryant died in Calabasas, Calif., Jan.  26, 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-23606136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Vanessa Bryant is still afraid of photos \u201cpopping up\u201d from the fatal helicopter crash in 2020.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Mark J. Terrill, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"873\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-01-copy.jpg?resize=1024%2C873&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Vanessa Bryant posted this photo of her late husband Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna on Instagram.\" class=\"wp-image-23606132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-01-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-01-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-01-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Vanessa Bryant posted a photo of her late husband, Kobe Bryant, and daughter Gianna on Instagram.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram \/ Vanessa Bryant<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hours after the verdict, Vanessa rushed to social media to celebrate the ruling.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAll for you!  I love you!  JUSTICE for Kobe and Gigi,\u201d the 40-year-old wrote on Instagram alongside a snap of herself with her late husband and daughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c#BetOnYourself #Mambaday #Mambamentality,\u201d added Vanessa, who is also mom to daughters Natalia, 19, Bianka, 5, and 3-year-old Capri.<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa wept quietly as the verdict was read following 4\u00bd hours of jury deliberation, and walked out of court holding Natalia&#8217;s hand.<\/p>\n<p>The jurors also awarded $15 million to plaintiff Chris Chester, who lost his wife, Sarah, and daughter Payton in the Calabasas, California, wreck.<\/p>\n<p>Jurors unanimously found that the LA County Sheriff&#8217;s Department violated the constitutional rights of Bryant and Chester when it failed to train its employees on accident scene picture-sharing protocol.<\/p>\n<p>Bryant&#8217;s attorney Luis Li told the jury the photos were \u201cnot public and not [for] deputies to share.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-11.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"In this Jan.  27, 2020, file photo, provided by the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB investigators Adam Huray, right, and Carol Hogan examine wreckage as part of the NTSB's investigation of a helicopter crash near Calabasas, Calif.\" class=\"wp-image-23606135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Vanessa Bryant accused the LA County Sheriff&#8217;s Department of taking and sharing photos of Kobe and Gigi&#8217;s bodies at the scene of the fatal helicopter crash.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">James Anderson\/National Transportation Safety Board via AP, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-06.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Vanessa Bryant holds hands with her daughter Natalia Bryant (left) and close friend Sydney Leroux (right) while leaving the courthouse in Los Angeles.\" class=\"wp-image-23606134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/vanessa-bryant-kobe-lawsuit-justice-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Vanessa Bryant holds hands with her daughter Natalia Bryant (left) and close friend Sydney Leroux (right) while leaving the courthouse in Los Angeles.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">PATRICK T. FALLON\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pictures were shared mostly between employees of the LA County sheriff&#8217;s and fire departments and seen by some of their spouses.<\/p>\n<p>The photos had not been made public, but Bryant tested that the prospect of the images being leaked filled her with fear and anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI live in fear every day of being on social media and these popping up,\u201d she testified last week.  \u201cI live in fear of my daughters being on social media and these popping up.\u201d<\/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>An emotional Vanessa Bryant has spoken out after being awarded $16 million in her trial against Los Angeles County. On Wednesday, a federal jury gave its verdict after first responders snapped and shared grisly photos of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed Vanessa&#8217;s husband, Kobe Bryant, their 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others. The panel &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/vanessa-bryant-speaks-out-after-kobe-crash-photos-verdict\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vanessa Bryant speaks out after Kobe crash photos verdict<\/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":[2943,16640,16641,46,16642],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55952,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/vanessa-bryant-reacts-to-jurys-verdict-in-kobe-bryant-helicopter-crash-site-photos-trial\/","url_meta":{"origin":56119,"position":0},"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":55679,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jury-awards-vanessa-bryant-16-million-over-crash-photos-taken-of-kobe-bryant-daughter-gianna\/","url_meta":{"origin":56119,"position":1},"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; 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