Kobe Bryant widow awarded $16m in trial over crash photos

A federal jury has found that Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant’s widow 16 million dollars (£13.6 million) for emotional distress caused by emergency service workers taking and sharing pictures of the NBA star’s body (AP Photo/Jae C Hong)

A federal jury has found that Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant’s widow $16m for emotional distress caused by emergency service workers taking and sharing pictures of the NBA star’s body.

Bryant was travelling with 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others to a youth basketball game when the helicopter they were aboard crashed into hills in Calabasas west of Los Angeles on January 26, 2020.