Vanessa Bryant

The initial jury award announced in the Kobe Bryant crash trial has been corrected from $31 million to $30 million, after an error had been found in the verdict form from the jury.

Lakers legend Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa Bryant plans to donate proceeds from the $16 million judgment she won Wednesday in a lawsuit against Los Angeles County to a foundation named in her husband’s and daughter’s memory, it was reported Thursday.

The federal jury awarded $31 million in damages to Vanessa Bryant and co-plaintiff Chris Chester over the actions of first-responders who took and distributed graphic photos of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight other people.

Vanessa Bryant and her co-plaintiff Chris Chester were set to receive $16 million and $15 million respectively in case of crash site photos that the plaintiffs argued caused them emotional distress. They argued first responders snapped the images and shared them for entertainment purposes. Eric Leonard and John Cadiz Klemack report Aug. 24, 2022.

A verdict has been reached Wednesday afternoon in the trial over photos taken at the hillside site northwest of Los Angeles where nine people, including Lakers star Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, died in a January 2020 helicopter crash.

Closing arguments concluded Wednesday morning in a lawsuit over photos taken at the hillside site northwest of Los Angeles where nine people, including Lakers star Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, died in a January 2020 helicopter crash.

Vanessa Bryant’s attorneys delivered their closing arguments Tuesday afternoon in the trial over photos taken by first responders at the scene of the helicopter crash that killed her husband, daughter and seven other people. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC 4 News at 4

The widow of Kobe Bryant and Irvine financial adviser Chris Chester are suing LA County over photos taken at the site of a helicopter crash that killed nine people, including the Lakers great and the couple’s daughter.

Vanessa Bryant posted a tribute with a heartfelt message Tuesday to mark Kobe Bryant’s birthday.

Los Angeles County’s acting fire chief told a jury Monday that a retired firefighter “tarnished his dignity” by sharing gruesome photos taken at the remote mountainside site where a helicopter carrying Laker legend Kobe Bryant and eight others crashed, killing all on board.

Vanessa Bryant got some celebrity support today in court. The trial over sharing Kobe Bryant crash scene photos is now in its ninth day. Darsha Philips reports on the NBC4 News at 4pm on Monday, August 22, 2022.

Dressed in all black, Vanessa Bryant took the stand, speaking publicly for the first time regarding the photos leaked of the crash that claimed the lives of her husband and daughter. John Cadiz Klemack reports Aug. 19, 2022.

Vanessa Bryant is expected to testify Friday in the trial over photos taken at the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed nine people, including her husband Kobe Bryant and her daughter Gianna.

The joint lawsuit was filed by Bryant and Chris Chester, who lost his wife and daughter in the same crash. Annette Arreola reports for Today in LA on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022.

Vanessa Bryant could take the stand on Friday to testify in the trial over photos from her husband and daughter’s crash site. On Thursday a friend of Chris Chester, who lost his daughter and wife in the crash, testified in the case. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC 4 News at 4

LA County Firefighter denied claims that he displayed photos of Kobe Bryant’s remains from helicopter crash in court during trial.

As L.A. County authorities continue to take the stand in the trial over the Kobe Bryant crash scene photos, there are some indications pointing to a possible cover-up. John Cadiz Klemack reports on the NBC4 News at 4pm on Wednesday, August 17, 2022.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department official, who was captain of the agency’s information bureau at the time of the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others, apologized in court Tuesday to the victims’ families for not telling them that photographs of dead bodies were taken and shared with others by deputies at the scene of the...

L.A. County officials were back on the stand in the trial over the photos taken at the helicopter crash site where Kobe Bryant and others were killed. Two deputies admit that they shared the photos. John Cadiz Klemack reports on the NBC4 News at 4pm on Tuesday, August 16, 2022.