Kobe Bryant’s family agree to $28.5m settlement after crash photos shared
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#69BC6)
- Deputies and firefighters shared photos of victims' bodies
- NBA star, daughter and seven others killed in January 2020
The family of the late Kobe Bryant have agreed to a $28.5m settlement with Los Angeles county to resolve the remaining claims in a lawsuit over deputies and firefighters sharing graphic photos of the NBA star, his 13-year-old daughter and other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash, attorneys and court filings said on Tuesday.
The figure includes a newly agreed upon payment from the county of $13.5m along with the $15m a federal jury awarded Bryant's widow, Vanessa, at a trial in August.
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