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Jury awards $31 mn damages over Kobe Bryant crash photos

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Sheriff's deputies and firefighters who rushed to the scene of the January 2020 crash snapped pictures of the carnage.

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  1. Kobe Bryant lawsuit: Closing arguments to resume over helicopter crash scene photos

    Headline from Foxla ·

  2. Newest

    Jury awards $31 mn damages over Kobe Bryant crash photos

    Headline from Digital Journal ·

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  1. France 24

    Kobe Bryant crash photo jury to mull multi-million-dollar claim (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    A jury in a multi-million dollar civil case brought by Kobe Bryant's widow over graphic photos of the helicopter crash that killed the basketball star was to consider its verdict Wednesday.

  2. Foxla

    Kobe Bryant lawsuit: Closing arguments to resume over helicopter crash scene photos (opens Foxla)

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    Foxla's feed description

    Jerry Jackson, attorney for plaintiff Chris Chester, asked that the county be ordered to pay $2.5 million to both Bryant and his client for pain and suffering caused in the years since the crash, and $1 million each year for future emotional distress for what the attorney predicted would be the rest…

  3. Lamag

    Kobe Bryant Photos Trial Jury Asked to Award $75M in Damages (opens Lamag)

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    Lamag's feed description

    Attorney Jerry Jackson called the figure "a fair and reasonable compensation. You can't award too much money for what they went through."

  4. Foxla

    Kobe Bryant lawsuit: Attorney asks jury to award millions to Bryant co-plaintiff (opens Foxla)

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    Foxla's feed description

    An attorney for Vanessa Bryant's co-plaintiff Tuesday asked a federal jury to award their client tens of millions of dollars for emotional distress caused when photos of their loved ones' remains were allegedly shared.

  5. Digital Journal

    Jury awards $31 mn damages over Kobe Bryant crash photos (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Sheriff's deputies and firefighters who rushed to the scene of the January 2020 crash snapped pictures of the carnage.

  6. Bismarck Tribune

    Kobe Bryant's widow Vanessa Bryant awarded $16M in trial over crash photos (opens Bismarck Tribune)

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    Bismarck Tribune's feed description

    The jurors who returned the verdict agreed that her privacy was invaded when deputies and firefighters took and shared photos of the remains of Kobe Bryant and their daughter Gianna.

  7. Boston

    Kobe Bryant widow awarded $16 million in trial over crash photos (opens Boston)

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    Boston's feed description

    The jury deliberated for 4 1/2 hours before reaching the verdict. Vanessa Bryant cried quietly as it was read.

  8. 10TV Columbus

    Kobe Bryant widow awarded $16M in trial over crash photos (opens 10TV Columbus)

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    10TV Columbus's feed description

    The jurors agreed that deputies and firefighters invaded her privacy and caused emotional distress by taking and sharing photos of her deceased husband and daughter.

  9. KTVU San Francisco

    Kobe Bryant's widow awarded $16M in trial over crash photos (opens KTVU San Francisco)

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    KTVU San Francisco's feed description

    A federal jury found Wednesday that Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant’s widow $16 million for emotional distress caused by deputies and firefighters sharing photos of the bodies of the NBA star and his daughter taken at the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed them.

  10. Towleroad Gay News

    Vanessa Bryant Awarded 16m In Damages Over Helicopter Crash Photos (opens Towleroad Gay News)

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    Towleroad Gay News's feed description

    Vanessa Bryant has been awarded $16 million in damages after a jury found graphic photos of the helicopter crash which killed her husband Kobe Bryant and

  11. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Jury Sides With Vanessa Bryant in Lawsuit Over Helicopter Crash Photos (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    A verdict has been reached Wednesday afternoon in the trial over photos taken at the hillside site northwest of Los Angeles where nine people, including Lakers star Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, died in a January 2020 helicopter crash.

  12. Delaware Public Media

    Kobe Bryant's widow was awarded $16 million in the trial over crash photos (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    A jury found that Los Angeles County must pay Vanessa Bryant for emotional distress caused by deputies and firefighters sharing photos of the bodies of the NBA star and his daughter.

  13. Lamag

    Jury Awards $31 Million to Plaintiffs in Suit Over Kobe Crash Photos (opens Lamag)

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    Lamag's feed description

    the verdict coincides with "Mamba Day" and what would have been Bryant's 44th birthday

  14. France 24

    Jury awards $31 million in damages over Kobe Bryant crash photos (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Los Angeles County must pay $31 million in damages to Kobe Bryant's widow and a co-plaintiff over graphic photos taken at the site of the helicopter crash that killed the basketball star and eight others,…

  15. The Guardian

    Vanessa Bryant awarded $16m in suit over photos of Kobe’s crash (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Los Angeles county required to pay basketball star’s widow and her co-plaintiff, whose family was also in the crash

  16. Tucson

    Jury finds Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant’s widow $16 million over photos of his body at helicopter crash site (opens Tucson)

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    Tucson's feed description

    Jury finds Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant’s widow $16 million over photos of his body at helicopter crash site.

  17. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Kobe Bryant widow awarded $16M (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    Kobe Bryant's widow was awarded $16 million as part of a $31 million jury verdict Wednesday against Los Angeles County for deputies and firefighters sharing grisly photos of the NBA star, his 13-year-old daughter and other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash.

  18. Newsweek

    Vanessa Bryant celebrates Kobe, Gigi after trial victory: "All for you!" (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    On Wednesday, a jury awarded Vanessa Bryant $16 million in the lawsuit she filed against L.A. County for taking and sharing pictures of the crash site in 2020.

  19. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Vanessa Bryant awarded $16 million in damages over photos from scene of 2020 Kobe Bryant helicopter crash (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    LOS ANGELES - A federal jury awarded Vanessa Bryant, widow of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, $16 million on Wednesday, finding that Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and fire

  20. NBC News

    Vanessa Bryant awarded $16 million in trial over Kobe Bryant crash photos (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The lawyer for the NBA superstar's widow said she suffered undue emotional stress after she learned county personnel took cellphone pictures of human remains as “souvenirs.”

  21. Fox News

    Vanessa Bryant wins lawsuit against Los Angeles County over invasion of privacy, awarded $16 million (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Vanessa Bryant won her lawsuit against Los Angeles County over an invasion of privacy claim after her husband, Kobe Bryant, died in a helicopter crash.

  22. Courthouse News Service

    Jury awards $16 million to Vanessa Bryant for leaked crash site photos (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    The jury also awarded $15 million to Christopher Chester, whose wife and daughter were also killed in the crash.

  23. CBS News

    Jury awards Vanessa Bryant $16 million in Kobe Bryant crash site photos trial (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    A jury ruled that Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant's widow $16 million after deputies and firefighters allegedly took and shared photos of the crash scene.

  24. Delaware Public Media

    Widow of Kobe Bryant was awarded $16 million in the trial over crash photos (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    NPR's A Martinez talks to Los Angeles Times reporter Alene Tchekmedyian about the verdict in the trial over the sharing of photos of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant.

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