Vanessa Bryant Awarded $16 Million Over Kobe Bryant Crash Photos

A verdict has been reached for Vanessa Bryant‘s case against Los Angeles County.

The 40-year-old wife of the late Kobe Bryant, and her co-plaintiff, were awarded $31 million in damages after emergency personnel allegedly shared with unauthorized people graphic images from the crash scene which claimed Kobe, their second daughter, Gianna, and many other lives.

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According to Deadline, a judge ordered the county to pay out $16 million to the Bryant family and $15 million to Chris Chester, whose wife Sarah and 13-year-old daughter Payton also died.

The outlet adds that “jurors reached their verdict after roughly four and a half hours of deliberations.”

Earlier in the week, Vanessa gave a testimony about learning that the EMTs took and distributed the photos and how she “broke down”.