Vanessa Bryant was awarded $16 million in damages in her lawsuit in opposition to Los Angeles County in a verdict introduced on Aug. 24, per the Los Angeles Times. Her coplaintiff, Christopher Chester, was additionally awarded $15 million.
Vanessa and Chester had sued the county for emotional misery and psychological anguish, alleging that emergency personnel shared graphic pictures from the helicopter crash that killed Vanessa’s late husband, Kobe Bryant, and the couple’s daughter Gianna, in addition to Chester’s late spouse, Sarah, and their 13-year-old daughter, Payton. The jury discovered that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Fire Department officers had shared the photographs of Vanessa and Chester’s deceased family members immediately following the crash in conditions together with a cocktail hour and at a bar.
Last week, Vanessa took the stand for the primary time in the case and opened up about when she initially discovered of the pictures being shared with unauthorized folks. ” . . . I broke down and cried and I just wanted to run down the block and scream,” she testified, based on People. “I can’t escape my body. I can’t escape what I feel.”
Vanessa celebrated the victory on Instagram, sharing a photograph of herself with Kobe and Gigi. “All for you! I love you! JUSTICE for Kobe and Gigi! #Betonyourself #MambaDay 8•24•22,” she wrote. The day of the decision had beforehand been named Kobe Bryant Day in Los Angeles to mark the previous Los Angeles Laker’s two jersey numbers throughout his NBA profession: eight and 24.
On Aug. 25, Vanessa’s lawyer confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that she plans to donate proceeds from the $16 million judgment to the nonprofit Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation, named in her husband and daughter’s reminiscence. The group was based in 2016 because the Mamba Sports Foundation however was renamed in 2020 in honor of Kobe and Gigi.
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