Vanessa Bryant: scandalous complaint for banned photos
Vanessa Bryant, Kobe Bryant's widow, filed a lawsuit because photos of the accident that cost her husband his life were taken and shared
Vanessa Bryant, the widow of NBA star Kobe Bryant, filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles sheriff and the California city police department because some officers took and shared photos of the helicopter crash that killed her husband. her.
The complaint, registered in the Los Angeles courts last week and published this Thursday, alleges that the images captured by the agents at the scene of the event were an invasion of privacy that caused emotional stress and was outside professional limits, he said. ESPN from the United States.
"At least eight officers present at the crash site took out their personal devices and took photos of the dead children, parents and coaches. The officers took these photos for their own personal gratification," the lawsuit documents state.
It is also criticized that the images were shared outside the circle of the investigation, something that is considered a crime and is strictly prohibited in the regulations of the police force.
Vanessa Bryant's lawsuit is not the first in relation to the handling of information that surrounds this case due to the fame of Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter accident with his daughter Gianna, 13, and seven other people on 26 last January.
An investigation by the Los Angeles Times newspaper revealed days after the accident that a waiter filed a complaint with the same department when he saw how one of the agents involved, a client of his premises, shared the photographs with his companion outside of a professional conversation.
Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva has admitted that these images exist, but that he ordered their immediate destruction, however, the widow of former Los Angeles Lakers player, Vanessa Bryant, complains that a relevant investigation was never opened and that the Villanueva himself said that if the photos were deleted, no disciplinary measures would be taken.
