Vanessa Bryant Will Not Have To Undergo A Psych Evaluation To Prove Leaked Photos Of Her Late Husband Kobe Bryant And Daughter Gigi Caused Emotional Distress
Nov. 2 2021, Published 11:12 a.m. ET
Vanessa Bryant will reportedly not have to take a psychiatric evaluation as requested by Los Angeles County in her fight to prove leaked photos of her late husband and daughter at the scene of their death caused unnecessary emotional distress.
According to court documents, a judge denied L.A. County’s request on Monday for the widow of Kobe Bryant to undergo a psych evaluation. The County requested the evaluation because they believed the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed Vanessa’s husband and their 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, was what caused her emotional distress, and not the leaked photos of them at the scene of their death.
The judge described such an evaluation to be “untimely,” according to the court documents.
As Breaking Celebrity News reported last month, L.A. County made their request for Vanessa to undergo a psychiatric evaluation around October 16.
The request came because the county is trying to prove that the trauma claimed by Bryant's family came from the tragedy itself, rather than the photos shared by county staff.