On Wednesday, a Los Angeles County jury awarded $31 million in damages for photographs taken by sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and paramedics at the scene of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant.

The Los Angeles Lakers star and his teenage daughter Jana were among nine people killed when their helicopter crashed into a hill near Los Angeles in January 2020.

His widow, Vanessa Bryant, said in August that she suffered emotional stress after LAPD and firefighters took photos of the crash site, which they later shared with friends and first responders.

The county was ordered to pay $16 million to Vanessa Bryant and $15 million to co-plaintiff Chris Chester, whose wife and daughter also died in the same crash.

Los Angeles jurors delivered their verdict after about four and a half hours of deliberation.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Bryant became the face of his sport during his two decades with the Los Angeles Lakers.