Kobe Bryant

Bryant's testimony marked the emotional climax of a wrenching legal saga that's played out here since Kobe Bryant died in a Jan. 2020 helicopter crash.

“If this case wasn’t about Kobe Bryant and if the plaintiff didn’t have the resources to pursue this to trial, I doubt that it would have ever gotten this far,” Levenson said. “For the Bryant family, they want accountability, and they have the resources to get it.” “You can’t have the accountability and risk the photographs getting out,” Villanueva said. “You have to pick one of the two. “I just felt like I wanted to run down the block and scream.” He defended his handling of the scandal, which included granting “amnesty” to any deputies who deleted the photos from their phones — instead of attempting to preserve them as evidence of misconduct.

Vanessa Bryant's appearance came on the eighth day of a trial in her federal lawsuit against L.A. County over gruesome photos of the helicopter crash that ...

And another sheriff’s deputy testified that he sent the images to his friend, also a deputy, while the pair played the video game “Call of Duty.” Villanueva testified that when he learned of the complaint, he offered amnesty to the deputies if they came clean and deleted the photos. “It’s very clear to me that we have no idea the extent of pictures.” He said he did not retrieve it until after The Times investigation was published. “He was at the morgue.” She recalled racing to the Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station near the accident scene and learning from Villanueva that her husband and daughter had died. “He knew he did not rule the household.” The identity of at least one firefighter who received the photos remains unknown. County](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-11/kobe-vanessa-bryant-sheriff-photo-sharing-trial) over graphic images of the crash scene that were taken and shared by sheriff’s deputies and firefighters. The sheriff’s reversal put him in line with one of the main claims lawyers for the county have put forth in the trial. Villanueva also backtracked on comments he’d made in 2020 interviews that “death books,” a sort of scrapbook that police officers keep of crime and accident scenes, are a problem in law enforcement. “I bolted out of the house,” Vanessa Bryant testified Friday in federal court in Los Angeles.

An effort is gaining steam to rename an intersection in Overbrook after basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna.

“Kobe brought a lot of pride to Philadelphia representing the city, although he [lived] on the Main Line. It’s also a basketball term that fits great with the naming of the street. As for Kobe Bryant Drive, the plan is to start on the Lancaster Avenue side of 60th, but have the stretch ideally run west to City Avenue. “Since he passed away, I always wondered how I could use my talents as a location manager in film and television to connect it to things that I like, like hip-hop and sports?” McCarthy told The Inquirer. “Kobe is known for having Mamba Mentality, which was the driving force of all his success. The intersection is symbolic, as 60th Street heading south leads to Tustin Playground, the basketball courts are credited for honing Bryant’s skills in Philadelphia.

Vanessa Bryant, widow of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, broke down at times Friday as she testified that she experiences panic attacks and anxiety over the ...

And like I said, it has been resolved," Bryant said of the lawsuit. "You can't have the accountability and (also) risk the photos getting out," Villanueva testified. She walked out of the courtroom abruptly as a bartender testified about seeing photos. He said that opening a formal investigation would invoke union legal rules that could involve attorneys and delays and allow more opportunity for the photos to spread. During cross examination, the defense sought to show that Bryant had other sources of stress beyond the photo controversy, including a lawsuit filed against her by her mother. Bryant testified that she had to remove comments from her Instagram feed after the images were distributed. Li asked Bryant about the post. Bryant admitted to being nervous on the stand and cried when talking about her late daughter Gianna. -- Cruella," the caption reads. She urged him to leave and to handle her request immediately. She broke down at times when recalling the events. I can't escape what I feel."

In federal court on Friday, Vanessa Bryant shared an emotional testimony about how she was impacted by the leaking of photos that depicted the helicopter ...

She described her reaction when news broke that photos of the crash were being shared among members of local law enforcement. [Los Angeles Lakers](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/LAL/los-angeles-lakers/) general manager and long-time agent of Kobe Bryant, Rob Pelinka, also took the stand recently. "It was like having the sensation of wanting to run off a pier into the ocean, but I can't escape my body."

Ex-NBA star Caron Butler says his close friend Kobe Bryant was a big inspiration in writing his kids book, "Shot Clock."

[Caron Butler](https://www.tmz.com/people/caron-butler/) is using his personal experiences to help teach young kids with his new book ... The book is deep ... "He did like a little moment with me prior to him passing," Tuff Juice tells us. which led him to write " a vow he also disclosed with Bryant's wife, Caron played alongside the late Hall of Famer on the Lakers from 2004-2005 ...

Vanessa Bryant testifies she "will go through hell and back" to get justice for her husband, Kobe, and daughter in trial over crash photos.

The county tried to paint a fuller picture of Bryant’s life and emotional state during her cross-examination. This gave her the impression Gianna was safe and Kobe was trying to help people. After a patron at the same restaurant that night learned of this, that patron filed a complaint with the sheriff’s department. His goal, he said, was to prevent the photos from spreading further. In an effort to get to them quickly, she headed for the airport in Orange County, still holding out hope there were five survivors. Bryant brought this case to trial after filing a lawsuit that [accused county sheriff’s and fire department employees of using their personal phones to take and share gratuitous photos of human remains](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2022/08/15/kobe-bryant-photos-trial-witnesses-hot-seat-vanessa-watches/10335057002/) from the crash scene despite having no legitimate business reason for doing so. The initial word was that there were “five survivors.” Both say the county violated their constitutional rights to control the death images of their loved ones. “So they violated her, taking advantage of the fact that her daddy couldn’t protect her. “Her body was found in a ravine, so anyone who has photographs of her, they would have had to go out of their way,” Bryant said through tears. She said she has suffered panic attacks about it, to the point she says it feels like she can’t breathe. Gruesome photos of her deceased daughter and husband, Kobe, the NBA legend, had apparently been taken and shared after they died in a helicopter crash on Jan.

Miami Heat assistant coach Caron Butler has written a new children's book and recently cited the late Kobe Bryant as the inspiration for his endeavor.

At that time, Bryant was nearly at the halfway point of his legendary career and already had three NBA titles to his credit. It’s clear that Butler continues to feel a strong bond with Bryant more than two years after the latter’s death. Sadly, Bryant’s life came to an end in January 2020 when he was killed in a helicopter crash. “He did like a little moment with me prior to him passing,” Butler said. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2004-05 season. [Miami Heat](https://heatnation.com/tag/miami-heat/) assistant coach Caron Butler has written a new children’s book and recently cited the late Kobe Bryant as the inspiration for his endeavor.

Bryant, 40, was the final plaintiffs' witness in the federal trial of consolidated lawsuits filed by her and Chris Chester, an Irvine financial adviser who ...

Chester testified Thursday that when he learned first responders had taken and shared cell phone pictures from the crash site, his reaction was "disbelief that shifted to anger." He said he left the lacrosse game he was supposed to play, and drove toward Calabasas with a friend and could see smoke rising from the hills as his mind raced. Several county fire and sheriff's personnel have taken the stand during the federal civil trial and testified they deleted whatever accident-site pictures they had on their cell phones. Bryant testified that the first responders who took photos of her dead 13-year-old daughter Gianna "violated" her, and she was devastated to learn that such images were taken, despite Sheriff Alex Villanueva's assurances that the scene would be secured. But Bryant and Chester allege mental anguish just at the thought that one day, in the future, those photos will become public. Bryant, 40, is the final plaintiffs' witness in the federal trial of consolidated lawsuits filed by her and Chris Chester, an Irvine financial adviser who lost his wife and daughter in the same crash.

Kobe Bryant's widow told a court Friday she was devastated when she learned first responders had snapped graphic photographs of her dead husband and ...

"I'm fearful every day," he told the nine-strong jury. "I don't want my children to ever come across them," she said. Chester told the courtroom in Los Angeles of his disbelief when he learned of the pictures a month after the tragedy -- including that they had been flaunted at a bar and at an awards ceremony. Vanessa Bryant told a Los Angeles court on Friday she had bolted out of the house to find a place to cry away from her daughters when she learned of the existence of the photos. One sheriff's deputy acknowledged that he had sent the pictures to a fellow deputy as the pair played "Call of Duty." A tearful Vanessa Bryant said she lives in fear of the pictures surfacing on the internet, and "constantly being spread."

Vanessa Bryant just talked about Kobe Bryant, Gianna, the crash and the photos that officials took of their bodies while on the stand -- and she was ...

She wore a "Mama" necklace -- and appeared to be confident, flashing a smile on her way into the L.A. Vanessa claimed in her suit the officials, and their actions, caused her severe emotional distress. "Nobody should ever have to see their family in that way." "They took advantage that Daddy couldn't protect her," she said. She testified he didn't tell her at the time that his deputies had photographed her family members' bodies. "I trusted them to not do these things."

Vanessa Bryant, the widow of former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, broke down in tears during her testimony in a Los Angeles courtroom Friday after discussing ...

[invasion of privacy lawsuit](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/invasion-of-privacy) regarding the leak of the photos, which stemmed from the 2020 [crash that killed Kobe Bryant](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nba-legend-kobe-bryant-and-13-year-old-daughter-killed-in-helicopter-crash), Gianna Bryant, and seven others, including the pilot, in Calabasas, California. A bartender also testified that a different deputy showed him images of the scene. “I just remember not wanting to react because the girls were in the room.” [EX-FIRE CHIEF WALKS OFF WITNESS STAND IN KOBE BRYANT CRASH PHOTOS TRIAL](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fire-chief-witness-kobe-bryant-crash-photos) Bryant and Chester are seeking unspecified millions in damages from Los Angeles County for negligence and invasion of privacy, the Post reported. The Internal Affairs Bureau of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confirmed no more images existed, The photographs included the remains of her husband and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna.