Supermodel Vanessa Bryant is in court after a jury awarded her $16 million from Los Angeles County after she shared “brutal” pictures of the body of her basketball star husband Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash. became.
The body of her husband, basketball player Kobe Bryant, was illegally photographed by authorities, which Vanessa considered a violation of privacy.
The jury found that Los Angeles deputies and firefighters who rushed to the scene in January 2020 took illegal photos of the incident, including images of the body of Los Angeles legend Kobe Bryant.
Officials found that firefighters and deputy mayors were not used to sharing photos they took of the scene, and what happened was due to a lack of training.
Attorneys said Bryant was worth the amount, but it was less than the amount received by relatives of other victims who received $2.5 million in compensation last year for taking the photos.
The mayor’s office must pay Vanessa Bryant $2.5 million for past emotional distress, $7.5 million for future suffering, and the fire department must pay $1 million for past damages and $5 million for future suffering.
In this trial, which lasted two weeks, it was heard how Vanessa Bryant suffered a mental disorder because of the fear of appearing and publishing these images on the Internet.
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.
He was a 5-time NBA champion in a career that began in 1996 right after graduating high school and continued until his retirement in 2016.
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