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Vanessa Bryant and her family were awarded $28.85 million over the photos from the 2020 helicopter crash that killed her husband, NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, their 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others, according to a court filing Tuesday.
The settlement with the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors includes the $15 million that Bryant was awarded by a jury in August, along with additional funds to settle any potential future claims from her surviving daughters: Natalia, 20, Bianka, 6, and Capri, 3, The New York Times reported.
“Today marks the successful culmination of Mrs. Bryant’s courageous battle to hold accountable those who engaged in this grotesque conduct,” Bryant’s lawyer Luis Li said in a statement to the newspaper.
“She fought for her husband, her daughter and all those in the community whose deceased family were treated with similar disrespect. We hope her victory at trial and this settlement will put an end to this practice.”
NBA all-time great Kobe, who retired in 2016 after 20 years and five championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, was traveling with Gianna to coach her youth basketball team when inclement weather disoriented the pilot and caused the craft to crash, killing all nine people on board near Calabasas, Calif.
