Bryant described in her deposition that on the morning of Jan. 26, 2020, her assistant knocked on the door of her home in Orange County, where she was staying with her two youngest children. At the time, her husband and her other child had already left the house and flew via helicopter to go to a basketball game in Thousand Oaks, California.

According to the transcript of the testimony, Bryant said her assistant told her Kobe and Gianna had been involved in a helicopter crash.

However, her assistant mistakenly informed her, claiming five people had survived the incident. Bryant had high hopes that her family members were among the lucky ones.

She started to rush out of her home after getting notifications on her phone when fans wrote "RIP Kobe" all over the internet. Vanessa immediately headed to the airport to charter a helicopter to the accident site, but she was denied service due to inclement weather.

She told lawyers that she eventually learned the NBA champion and her daughter had died.

In the transcript, she explained the reason why she filed the lawsuit saying, "Emotional distress means that not only do I have to grieve the loss of my husband and child, but for the rest of my life I'm going to have to fear that these photographs of my husband and child will be leaked."

She also continued her statement as she recalled telling the Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva to "make sure no one takes photographs" of her loved ones. According to the deposition, she said the officials assured her no first responders would do that.