$600 Million Rich Vanessa Bryant Finally Agrees Massive Settlement Figure in Kobe Bryant Leaked Photos Case

Vanessa Bryant, the wife of late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, has put an end to her legal struggles after Los Angeles County agreed to pay a big fee to settle the lawsuit. After some members of the department had spread the pictures of the Lakers legend’s remains from the helicopter crash, Vanessa Bryant sued LA County. Bryant put on a courageous fight for the honor of both her husband and daughter.

Although the lawyers for the County admitted that the pictures had been shared, an immediate order to delete them stopped them from reaching the public. Moreover, the other victims of the crash were paid huge amounts as well. LA County agreed to pay Vanessa and her daughters nearly $28.85 million to settle the lawsuit. This includes the $15 million a jury had already awarded Vanessa Bryant.

Vanessa Bryant reclaims the honor of her husband, Kobe Bryant

On January 26, 2020, a helicopter crash took the lives of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna Bryant and seven other people who were heading to a game. Along with the terrible news of her husband and daughter’s demise, Bryant found out the sheriffs from the police department had taken pictures of the victim’s remains from the crash scene.

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Vanessa, along with her lawyer Lusi Li, filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles County for their disrespectful act. Previously, Bryant had shared an incident from the police department in January 2020. She revealed that Lakers general manager and former agent of Kobe, Rob Pelinka drove her to the sheriff’s department in Malibu.

The LA County Sherriff at that time, Alex Villanueva, confirmed the demise of her husband and daughter. Bryant had requested to the sheriff, “If you can’t bring my husband and baby back, please make sure that no one takes photographs of them. Please secure the area”, to which he agreed. 

Later, it was revealed that a deputy from LA County had shown pictures of the crash at a bar. Lawyers immediately ordered the county to delete the graphic pictures. The brave battle paid off for the Bryant family. The County also agreed to settle the case with families of others who died in the crash alongside the Bryants.

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The court announced that “Mrs. Bryant’s courageous battle” around holding those in question accountable was successful. The county also agreed to pay the Chester family an additional $4.95 million to resolve any future claims. As mentioned before, Bryant said that she would donate the proceeds to her ‘Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation.’