A choose in Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit regarding allegedly leaked images of the crash that killed her husband, Kobe Bryant, has granted her movement to compel the Los Angeles sheriff and hearth chief to be deposed.
Within the Tuesday ruling, Choose Charles F. Eick famous that Sheriff Alex Villanueva and Hearth Chief Daryl Osby have “distinctive first-hand, non-repetitive data” related to the case.
The basketball legend’s widow is suing the county, claiming images made on the crash website had been shared by the sheriff’s deputies and hearth officers in settings irrelevant to the investigation, together with a bar.
Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, 13, had been amongst 9 individuals killed when a helicopter crashed right into a hillside in Calabasas, California, on January 26, 2020.
Bryant, in a deposition earlier this month, stated she discovered about her husband and daughter Gigi’s deaths through social media notifications. In response to a court docket submitting, the county needs to compel the widow to endure psychiatric exams to find out emotional misery over leaked images.
The depositions might be restricted to 4 hours every in order to not divert them from their official duties, in response to the ruling.
Villanueva “seems ahead to providing his testimony and bringing readability to the choices he made which efficiently led to no footage allegedly taken ever seeing the sunshine of day,” division spokesperson John Satterfield stated in a press release.
CNN has requested remark from Bryant’s lawyer, the county’s lawyer, and the fireplace division.
