Vanessa Bryant (center), wife of the late Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Kobe Bryant, departs the courthouse in Los Angeles, California on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022 (August 25 in Manila), after a verdict was reached in her federal negligence lawsuit against Los Angeles County. A jury ordered Los Angeles County to pay $31 million in damages Wednesday over graphic photos taken by sheriff’s deputies and firefighters of the helicopter crash that killed basketball star Kobe Bryant. PHOTO BY PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP
LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles County must pay $31 million in damages to Kobe Bryant's widow and a co-plaintiff over graphic photos taken at the site of the helicopter crash that killed the basketball star and eight others, a jury ordered Wednesday.
