A federal judge on Wednesday rejected an effort by Los Angeles County lawyers to dismiss Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit over the handling of photos taken at the scene of the helicopter crash that killed her husband, Kobe Bryant. “This has always been about accountability,” Luis Li, Bryant’s attorney, said in a statement after the ruling. It was later revealed that an L.A. County fire captain showed images to a group of off-duty firefighters. In the hours after the crash, Bryant spoke directly to Sheriff Alex Villanueva, asking that he ensure no one would be able to take photos of her husband‘s or daughter‘s bodies. Lawyers for the county have demanded, and won, access to Bryant’s psychological records, in hopes of showing her anguish is independent of the photos.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 06, 2022 04:46 UTC