Vanessa Bryant Settles Lawsuit Over Helicopter Crash Photos for $28.85 Million

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Vanessa Bryant has reached a settlement with Los Angeles County over the sharing of graphic photos from the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed her husband, Kobe Bryant, 41, their daughter Gianna, 13, and seven others.

ET confirmed Tuesday, per Vanessa's lawyer Luis Li, that Los Angeles County has agreed to pay Vanessa her three daughters -- Natalia, 20, Bianka, 6, and Capri, 3 -- more than $28 million, which includes the $15 million they were awarded by a jury last summer.

Vanessa's co-plaintiff, Christopher Chester, was also awarded $15 million.In a statement shared with ET by Li, Vanessa's attorney said Tuesday marks the end of the Bryant family's fight for her late husband, daughter and the families and community of those who lost their lives in the horrific crash.«Today marks the successful culmination of Mrs.

Bryant’s courageous battle to hold accountable those who engaged in this grotesque conduct,» the statement reads. «She fought for her husband, her daughter, and all those in the community whose deceased family were treated with similar disrespect.