After numerous delays, Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit against Los Angeles County is now underway. Bryant is suing the county for photos of the helicopter crash site of Gianna and Kobe Bryant, which were allegedly taken and distributed by first responders who showed up at the scene. Vanessa claims she experienced “emotional distress” due to the situation, an idea that was challenged by the Los Angeles County legal team. The lawsuit has included a number of noteworthy developments so far, and most recently a deputy sheriff who allegedly took pictures showed up to testify, saying “he didn’t do anything wrong.”
Last week, Sheriff’s Deputy Doug Johnson testified before federal court, where he referred to photos he took at the Calabasas helicopter crash site in 2020. Johnson, who claims he walked for over an hour through the woods to reach the place, he took 25 photos in total. According to CBS News Los Angeles some of the images showed close-ups of body parts. Johnson testified that he sent the photos to the command post officer via text message. He also said he sent the photos to an anonymous county fire supervisor.
Doug Johnson went on to say he doesn’t consider it unprofessional to have the photos on his personal cellphone, which he says he lost a year later in Las Vegas. According to him, it is “common practice” for county officials to distribute such photos among themselves. The deputy went on to say that “photographs are the most accurate and complete way to document” the scene of the incident and that he had used the phone in similar situations “thousands of times”. Johnson also said that later that night he deleted the footage from his cell, along with a text thread with the command post officer.
Lawyers for Vanessa Bryant and Christopher Chester, who lost their wife and daughter in the incident, said that after law enforcement sent the footage, they sent it to at least 10 other people. They also claim that they said people would send them to other members of the public. During the trial, Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Joey Cruz allegedly showed the photos to patrons of a bar / grill. On this, in court, the bartender Víctor Gutiérrez replied that he was laughing when shown the footage, he denies having done so.
There has been a lot of talk about the personal effects the 2020 tragedy had on Vanessa Bryant. In addition to the photos taken by the rescuers, her legal team has her it also resulted in mocking posts on social media in procedures. However, the only messages that can be used are those that are sent to you after the death of Kobe, Gianna and the other seven passengers on the helicopter went public.
The photos of Kobe Bryant led to some other legal situations, including the lawsuit filed by the aforementioned Christopher Chester. Like Bryant’s widow, Chester sues for negligence and invasion of privacy on the photos that were taken. At one point, it looked like the two cases might be consolidated, even though Los Angeles County supported it Chester couldn’t wear Vanessa’s “coats”. so, to say. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department union also filed another lawsuit in connection with the release of the latest internal affairs reports from the incident. What The Bryant case has since been solved. despite.
Witnessing in the Vanessa Bryant and Los Angeles County court case will continue today. If the judge finds fault with the distribution of the photos and the rules of her in her favor at the end of the trial, Bryant could receive the millions of dollars she is now seeking.
Source: Cinemablend
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