Vanessa Bryant, the widow of the late NBA star Kobe Bryant, shared an Instagram post on Wednesday where she revealed the names of four delegates from the Los Angeles sheriff, who allegedly took graphic photos and shared the helicopter crash where her husband, daughter and other passengers passed away last year.
Bryant shared several screenshots of court documents from a lawsuit against Los Angeles County, the sheriff and firefighters, and the four deputies, whose names were displayed in various posts.
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One document contains the names of the deputies circled in red, while the other contains accusations about the photos of the remains of Bryant and their daughter, Gianna and other passengers.
Fox News refused to nominate the delegates due to privacy issues. The sheriff’s department declined to comment on Fox News, but sheriff Alex Villanueva said on Twitter late Wednesday: “We will not try to hear the case in the media and will wait for the right place. Our hearts go out to all families affected by this tragedy. ‘
Earlier this month, a federal judge allowed Bryant, 38, to add the deputies’ names and the outcome of an internal investigation against them to her civil lawsuit.
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According to the case, the first reaction was to take unauthorized photos of the crash scene near the Los Angeles suburb of Calabasas. Within 48 hours, at least ten members of the department received photos, the lawsuit reads.
One deputy allegedly took between 25 and 100 photos of the crash with his personal cell phone.
In this January 27, 2020 file photo, investigators are working on the scene of a helicopter crash that killed former NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant in Calabasas, California (AP Photo / Mark J. Terrill, File)
The allegation shared the images between deputies without investigative purpose. It is alleged that one deputy shared the photos with a bartender of the restaurant and made a crude remark about the condition of the victim’s remains.
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The bartender allegedly described the characteristics of Bryant’s remains to other patrons, according to documents read on Bryant’s social media account. He allegedly told four patrons that the photos were shown by a deputy of the sheriff.
One patron said the situation was “very, very disturbing” and said it “bothered” [him] that whole night, even [on] [his] drive home, “read the documents. The patron sent a complaint by e-mail to the sheriff from his car.