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12:14 PM PT – The LA County Sheriff’s Department told TMZ … “Shortly after this tragic tragedy, Sheriff Villanueva enacted a sponsored law that now makes it a crime for public safety personnel to take and share unofficial pictures of this nature.”
Vanessa Bryant The LA County Sheriff and his department are claiming that they caused him severe emotional distress … when deputies allegedly took personal cellphone photos of the bodies. Kobe And Gigi Bryant At the scene of the helicopter crash that took his life.
According to a lawsuit filed by TMZ, “fewer people than sheriff’s deputies at the crash site smashed their personal cellphones and photos of dead children, parents and coaches. Deputies took these photos for their own personal pleasure.”
The lawsuit alleges the photos were the subject of a conversation in the sheriff’s department … deputies showed their colleagues pictures that were not intended for investigation.
The lawsuit notes how the photos came out … when someone was in the deputy bar and he was showing the photos to the woman he was trying to impress. The bartender listened to the conversation, Blew the whistle And the sheriff’s department says.
Vanessa says in the suit … that’s when Sheriff Villanueva The respondent went to the sheriff’s substation and tried to cover all this For crash And telling deputies that they will not face disciplinary action if they delete photos. He asserted that his confession had been obtained through torture. The lawsuit alleges that Villanueva did not tell the family about the photos and that the deputies took the photos when the story broke.
The lawsuit claims that the sheriff never gave direct answers to the family and now Vanessa is constantly afraid that the photos will be leaked … ” That she or her children will one day encounter horrific images of their loved ones. “
The lawsuit seeks indefinite damages, including punitive damages.
We reached the Sheriff’s Department … So far, no word back.
Originally published – 5:44 AM PT
