A jury awarded Vanessa Bryant $16 million over photos taken at the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others.
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A federal jury has awarded Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa $16 million after an 11-day civil trial that went into graphic detail about gruesome photos that were taken and shared from the scene of a helicopter crash that killed all nine aboard in January 2020, including the NBA legend and his daughter.

The nine-member jury found Los Angeles County liable for damages to Bryant and Chris Chester, a financial adviser who lost his wife and daughter in the same crash and separately was awarded $15 million by the same jury.