Calling unauthorized photographs of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and nine others “abhorrent and inappropriate,” the husband of one of the victims has sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Instead, court documents indicate at least eight deputies snapped photographs of those killed in the crash and shared the graphic images. Vanessa Bryant has alleged that Villanueva personally assured her that deputies were securing the crash site to ensure her privacy. She filed her suit after a Los Angeles Times investigation revealed that deputies had taken and shared photos of the crash scene. The bartender overheard the conversation and reported it to the Sheriff’s Department, the suits state.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 17, 2020 18:58 UTC