Vanessa Bryant Settles With L.A. County for Nearly $30 Million Over Graphic Crash Photos
thewrap.comawarded in August. Bryant sued for negligence and invasion of privacy after she learned that employees of the county’s fire and sheriff’s departments had shared graphic photos of the crash victims.The former Los Angeles Laker and his daughter, along with seven other people, were killed on Jan.
26, 2020 in a helicopter crash near near Los Angeles. “Today marks the successful culmination of Mrs. Bryant’s courageous battle to hold accountable those who engaged in this grotesque conduct,” Luis Li, Bryant’s lawyer, said in a statement shared with the New York Times. “She fought for her husband, her daughter, and all those in the community whose deceased family were treated with similar disrespect.
We hope her victory at trial and this settlement will put an end to this practice.”Mira Hashmall, the lead trial counsel for L.A.
County in the case issued a statement that the settlement is “fair and reasonable,” adding, “We hope Ms. Bryant and her children continue to heal from their loss.”As the Los Angeles Times reported, an L.A.
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