Vanessa Bryant is taking authorized motion over the discharge of unauthorized pictures of Kobe Bryant‘s deadly helicopter crash taken by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division.
Vanessa, 38, filed a authorized declare on Friday that seeks for emotional misery and psychological anguish damages after eight L.A. County Sheriff’s Division deputies took graphic pictures of her husband’s crash scene and shared them with unauthorized folks, per court docket paperwork obtained by Folks.
She claimed that the pictures have been taken and distributed even after she spoke to Sheriff Alex Villanueva on the morning of the crash to request that they deal with the crash web site with privateness in thoughts.
“In actuality, nonetheless, no fewer than eight sheriff’s deputies have been on the scene snapping cell-phone pictures of the useless kids, dad and mom, and coaches,” her court docket papers said. “Because the Division would later admit, there was no investigative function for deputies to take footage on the crash web site. Moderately, the deputies took pictures for their very own private functions.”
Vanessa claimed that she solely realized concerning the pictures by way of numerous information retailers nearly a month later when the division grew to become conscious that they have been taken and mishandled.
She additionally said in her court docket paperwork that she is now fearful that she or her three daughters, Natalia, Bianka or Capri might discover these pictures on the web.
“This [filing] solely is about implementing accountability, defending the victims and ensuring nobody ever has to cope with this conduct sooner or later,” a spokesperson for the Bryant household informed Folks in a press release. “When a household suffers the lack of family members, they’ve the fitting to count on that they are going to be handled with dignity and respect. The deputies on this case betrayed that sacred belief. This declare is meant to carry the Sheriff’s Division accountable and to stop future misconduct.”
Web page Six reported in March that Vanessa was “completely devastated” over the ordeal and wished the deputies punished for his or her actions.
The NBA legend, 41, was flying together with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and 7 others — Christina Mauser, Payton and Sarah Chester, John, Keri and Alyssa Altobelli, and pilot Ara Zobayan — on January 26 after they crashed right into a mountain.
Vanessa additionally filed a wrongful loss of life lawsuit in opposition to the helicopter firm.
Vanessa’s legal professional didn’t instantly get again to us.