Kobe Bryant firefighters to be SACKED for sharing horrific chopper crash photos, court docs say
Updated: 13 May 2021, 12:07
TWO firefighters in LA will be sacked for allegedly sharing horrific photos of the bodies of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi.
A third firefighter at the Los Angeles County Fire Department will also be suspended after the trio shared the pictures with their wives and girlfriends, according to court documents.
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Vanessa Bryant launched an invasion of privacy lawsuit against Los Angeles CountyCredit: AP
The disclosure was made by lawyers for the late basketball star s wife, Vanessa Bryant, in court documents related to her privacy lawsuit, NBC News reports.
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LOS ANGELES Vanessa Bryant said she is focused on “finding the light in darkness” in an emotional interview with People magazine detailing her attempts to push forward after her husband Kobe Bryant and daughter Gigi died in a helicopter crash early last year.
Bryant said the late NBA superstar and Gigi continue to “motivate me to keep going” in the magazine’s Women Changing the World issue, which will be released Friday. The issue salutes the activists, innovators and role models who are making a difference.
The 38-year-old widow of the Los Angeles Lakers legend expressed how she’s been trying to navigate heartache while trying to rebuild a life for herself and three daughters.
Former Lakers star Pau Gasol explains naming daughter after Gianna Bryant
Kobe Bryant with his wife Vanessa Bryant and daughters Gianna Maria Onore Bryant and Natalia Diamante Bryant at the LA premiere of “A Wrinkle In Time” at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood on Feb. 26, 2018. (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Tinseltown)
Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol were a dynamic force on the court winning two NBA titles together with the Los Angeles Lakers and were close friends off the court as well. Their bond was cemented even more when Pau’s wife Cat gave birth to a baby girl last September and they named her in honor of Bryant’s daughter Gianna, who perished along with her father and seven others in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26, 2020.