Vanessa Bryant Lawsuit: Los Angeles County Requests Dismissal Of Lawsuit Filed by Kobe Bryant's Widow
Nov. 23 2021, Published 6:00 p.m. ET
Los Angeles County wants to throw out Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit in connection to leaked photos of her husband and daughter’s death shared by the county’s employees following their helicopter crash in January 2020.
According to court documents filed by L.A. County’s lawyers on Monday, they are reportedly seeking a dismissal due to what they believe are unreasonable claims made by Vanessa.
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Kobe Bryant’s widow is seeking damages for unnecessary emotional duress and trauma that she says was caused by L.A. County employees after they allegedly shared photos of her deceased husband and daughter, as well as the helicopter crash site, to other people for purposes that had nothing to do with their job duties.
The county’s lawyers argue that the trauma Vanessa suffered was caused by the helicopter crash and the passing of her husband and daughter — not the photos.
They also call Vanessa's "fear" of the photos being leaked to the public "not reasonable."
“It is undisputed that the complained-of photos have never been in the media, on the Internet, or otherwise publicly disseminated. Instead, Bryant testified that this case is about her 'having to fear those photographs surfacing.' But a preemptive, speculative lawsuit about what 'may' or 'could' happen, as Bryant testified, fails as a matter of law," the court documents that were filed on Monday read.