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The pilot’s brother in the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and nine others last January claim that the former Lakers star knew the risk of flying, and that his surviving family members, including Bryant’s wife Vanessa, they have no right. damage to the pilot’s estate.
Berge Zobayan, the brother of the late pilot Ara Zobayan, made the claim in a court filing after Vanessa Bryant sued the pilot’s property and the charter company that owned the helicopter, Island Express, in February. In the lawsuit, Bryant’s widow accused Zobayan of negligence and of “not using usual care to pilot the subject plane,” the Los Angeles Times and others reported.
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“Any injury or damage to the plaintiffs and / or their decedent was caused directly in whole or in part by the negligence or fault of the plaintiffs and / or their decedent, including their knowledge and voluntary encounter with the risks involved, and that this Negligence was a substantial factor in the cause of his alleged damages, for which this responding defendant has no responsibility, “said the court filing.
Ara Zobayan was the longtime pilot for Kobe Bryant. The lawsuit against the pilot also accused him of “failing to abort the flight, not monitoring and evaluating the weather, and failing to maintain a safe distance between natural obstacles and the 1991 Sikorsky S-76B helicopter” in the Jan. 26 crash.
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Island Express has not submitted a response to Vanessa Bryant’s claims.
John, Keri and Alyssa Altobelli, Payton and Sarah Chester, and Christina Mauser also died in the accident in Calabasas, California. The Altobelli and Mauser families also filed lawsuits against Island Express.
