The documents were filed as part of an invasion of privacy lawsuit filed by Bryant's widow, Vanessa Bryant, against Los Angeles County over the images, KNBC-TV reported. The suit accuses several Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies of taking and sharing photos – in one case with a bar patron – of the site that show dead bodies and other grizzly details. In the case of the patron, a bartender later filed a complaint with the sheriff's office over the photos. They allegedly sent photos to a third firefighter who works as a media relations officer and was at the scene. Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, were among nine people killed in January 2020 when the helicopter they were traveling in crashed in the Los Angeles suburb of Calabasas.

Source: Fox News May 13, 2021 01:18 UTC