Vanessa Bryant Sues L.A. County Sheriff Over Leaked Kobe Bryant Crash Site Photos

According to the lawsuit, seen by MM,

“N o fewer than 8 sheriff’s deputies at the crash site, pulled out their personal cell phones and snapped photos of the dead children, parents and coaches. The deputies took these photos for their own personal gratification.”

The lawsuit goes onto allege the photos were the subject of conversation within the sheriff’s dept with deputies showing their colleagues the pictures that had no investigative purpose.

The lawsuit notes how the photos were exposed when a deputy was at a bar and showed the photos to a woman he was trying to impress. The bartender heard the conversation, blew the whistle and called the sheriff’s department.

Vanessa says in the suit that’s when Sheriff Villanueva tried to cover it all up by going to the Sheriff’s substation that responded to the crash and telling deputies if they deleted the photos they would not face discipline.

The suit claims the purpose of his talk was destruction of evidence. The lawsuit claims Villanueva did not tell the families about the photos and they only learned of it in the media when the story broke that deputies took the photos.