Vanessa Bryant's fight for accountability

The widow of Kobe Bryant sued Los Angeles County over shared photos of the crash where her husband and daughter died

Vanessa Bryant.
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Vanessa Bryant, the widow of NBA and Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, sued Los Angeles County after learning that first responders took and shared pictures of the helicopter crash site where her husband, daughter Gianna, and seven others were killed in January 2020. Last Wednesday, a jury awarded Bryant $16 million in damages. Here's everything you need to know:

Why did Vanessa Bryant sue Los Angeles County?

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.