LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A federal jury today ordered Los Angeles County to
pay $31 million in damages over the actions of first-responders who snapped
and shared gruesome photos from the scene of the 2020 helicopter crash that
killed Laker legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven other
people.The damages were awarded to Bryant's widow, Vanessa, and co-plaintiff
Chris Chester, whose wife Sarah and 13-year-old daughter Payton also died in
the Jan. 26, 2020, crash on a Calabasas hillside. The jury awarded Bryant $16
million and Chester $15 million.Jurors in downtown Los Angeles reached their verdict after roughly
four and a half hours of deliberations. Vanessa Bryant wept as the verdict was
announced.The damages awarded to the plaintiffs cover past pain and suff
