Vanessa Bryant Wins Kobe Death Photo Lawsuit, Awarded $16 Million

Vanessa Bryant has gained her lawsuit towards Los Angeles County … after a jury of ten determined she has suffered and can proceed to endure extreme emotional misery because of the loss of life scene pictures captured on the cellphones of 8 L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies — pictures she fears will sometime floor publicly. That concern was the idea of her lawsuit.

The jury awarded Vanessa $16 million. Chris Chester — who misplaced his daughter and spouse within the helicopter crash — was awarded $15 million.

Chester’s lawyer, Jerry Jackson, tells TMZ … “Grateful to a jury and judge that gave us a fair trial.”

Vanessa broke down sobbing when the decision was learn. The jury was polled and Vanessa checked out them one after the other in approval.

The verdicts have been towards each the L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. and the L.A. County Fireplace Dept.

The deputies not solely took the pictures however shared them with buddies, household and even strangers at a bar. The pictures have been even shared at a party with fireplace officers.

Legal professionals for the County had argued the pictures have by no means surfaced they usually have been deleted from the cellphones in query … so there was no cause for alarm that they could leak.

Throughout closing arguments, the lawyer for Chester requested for up to $32.5 million. Bryant’s lawyer didn’t ask for a certain amount … quite asking the jury to award what’s proper.

The trial lasted two weeks and was at occasions so laden with graphic descriptions, Vanessa cried and periodically left the courtroom.

Kobe and Gigi Bryant, together with Sarah and Payton Chester, were killed together with 5 others within the January 26, 2020 crash.