Live updates in the Kobe Bryant plane crash photos trial: Jury sides with Vanessa Bryant, awarding her $16 million and singling out troublesome practices at the LA County Sheriff's Department
Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa Bryant is suing LA County for emotional distress, alleging that county officials shared graphic photos of the crash site.
Jury awards Vanessa Bryant $16 million in lawsuit against Los Angeles County first responders who took and shared graphic photos of Kobe and Gigi Bryant's remains
Bryant sued the county after first responders took and shared graphic photos of the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed Kobe and Gianna Bryant.
Attorneys in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash trial ask for up to $75 million in damages as case comes to close on late basketball star's birthday
Vanessa Bryant's attorneys will ask jurors to award the plaintiffs between $100,000 to $1million in future annual emotional distress damages.
A fire captain went rogue to photograph Kobe Bryant helicopter crash site, a high-ranking fire chief testified
LACFD chief Anthony Marrone said he never ordered his staff to take photos of remains after Kobe Bryant's helicopter crashed in 2020.
LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says that only 'god knows' if Kobe Bryant crash photos were permanently deleted from first responders' devices
"The fact that it hasn't popped up on social media means that they did a good job," LA County Sheriff Villanueva said referring to crash photos.
He lost his daughter and wife in the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant. Speaking publicly for the first time, Chris Chester said the grief left him hollow. But the cops’ response filled him with rage.
Chris Chester said that when he learned that the helicopter carrying his college sweetheart and daughter had crashed, he felt a "hollow sadness."
LASD phones and drives containing Kobe Bryant crash photos were wiped clean, according to forensic analysis
"They did the opposite" of preserving data, expert David Freskos testified about LASD, adding that "metadata about dissemination was also lost."
A high-ranking LA Sheriff's Deputy spoke up after Sheriff Alex Villanueva ordered staff to delete Kobe Bryant crash photos, he testified. Weeks later, was transferred and demoted.
LASD Deputy Matthew Vander Horck had concerns that his colleagues took, shared, and deleted Kobe Bryant helicopter crash site photos.
A sheriff's deputy held onto Kobe Bryant crash site photos for 4 days and said that he and his colleagues shared photos because 'curiosity got the best of us'
Several key Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputies testified on Monday in the fourth day of Vanessa Bryant's trial against LA County for crash site photos of Kobe and Gigi Bryant.
Former LA County official who took photos of the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash testified that he didn't 'even know' who 13-year-old Gianna Bryant was
Retired LA Fire Captain Brian Jordan was on the defense during his Monday testimony in the Vanessa Bryant trial, abruptly leaving the stand three times.
An LA Sheriff's Deputy who photographed Kobe Bryant's body after the 2020 helicopter crash has no regrets over the way the pictures were handled
The deputy told the court on Friday that he had "no regrets" about taking the photos, or airdropping them to a fire captain he met at the scene.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputy showed a bartender graphic photos of Kobe Bryant's body. Video evidence showed them laughing afterwards.
A bartender and a 'disgusted' private citizen give a closer look at the night that a cop shared grisly photos of Kobe Bryant's dead body at a bar.
Eyewitness who lodged civilian complaint claiming an LA County fire official was flashing Kobe crash photos at awards ceremony will be allowed to testify at Vanessa Bryant trial
The woman claims that she heard a fire captain holding his stomach and saying, "I just saw photos of Kobe all burned up before I'm about to eat."
Vanessa Bryant can call law enforcement expert to testify on LASD 'death books' but lost battle to include disciplinary letters sent to those accused of taking photos of Kobe's remains, as trial date inches closer
In March 2020, LASD Sheriff Alex Villanueva acknowledged the existence of "death books," saying, "that's a macabre idea, but some do that."
2 families — including Vanessa Bryant — are suing LA County over helicopter crash site photos taken where Kobe Bryant died. The county thinks the other family would benefit too much from Bryant's celebrity.
The County said in a filing that another family would unfairly benefit from Bryant's celebrity, and that her fame has strengthened her own claims.
Judge scolds attorneys ahead of Vanessa Bryant trial for piling on evidence and objections, says it will become a 'never-ending battle'
Vanessa Bryant's now-delayed lawsuit revolves around photos taken at Kobe and Gianna Bryant's helicopter crash site.
A former fire captain who retired due to 'severe trauma' from helicopter crash site does not want to testify at Vanessa Bryant trial. Bryant's attorneys say he took crash site photos and was disciplined for 'visual gossip' before he left.
The former captain's attorneys said that he retired early due to the trauma from the crash site, which looked "much like a battleground."
Vanessa Bryant wants the former highest-ranking LASD officer near Kobe helicopter crash site to testify about internal tension following Sheriff's order to delete photos, according to new filings
The LASD doesn't want the officer to testify and said the officer was demoted after the crash due to his mishandling of a sexual assault allegation.
LA County wants to exclude a video showing deputy kneeling on an inmate's head in Vanessa Bryant's upcoming trial. The deputy has also been accused of taking photos of the Kobe and Gianna helicopter crash site.
In March 2021, an LA Sheriff's deputy, who is also embroiled in Bryant's lawsuit, was recorded apparently kneeling on a handcuffed inmate's head.
Discharge letters sent by LA County's deputy fire chief said staff members who took photos of human remains at Kobe Bryant crash site 'only served to appeal to baser instincts' and 'visual gossip,' per new court documents
Deputy Fire Chief William McCloud wrote that staff-taken photos of human remains "had no intel value or legitimate business purpose," docs show.