ABC News has suspended the correspondent who speculated on-air that all four of Kobe Bryant’s daughters were on board the helicopter that crashed and killed the NBA icon and eight others on Sunday. But before that was confirmed, Matt Gutman, the chief national correspondent for ABC News, said during his live report from the scene that Bryant’s other daughters were on the helicopter as well. In a statement to The Times, Gutman issued another apology. Gutman is the second ABC correspondent in recent years to be suspended for an on-air mistake. The latter led to the suspension of veteran investigative correspondent Brian Ross, who has since left the network.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 29, 2020 22:29 UTC