Basketball star Kobe Bryant died along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people in a helicopter crash in northwest Los Angeles in January 2020.
Four months later, the widow, Vanessa Bryant, filed a lawsuit in which she seeks compensation for the stress that the photos of the accident scene were released by police officers.
Only National Transportation Safety Board investigators and coroners can photograph the scene of an accident in the United States.
ONE OF THE GREATEST: Kobe Bryant is considered one of the best players of all time. He has won five NBA titles and has been named to the All-Star team 18 times. Photo: Jae C. Hong / AP / NTB
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva admitted in 2020 that his officers took photos at the scene.
On Tuesday, a police officer at this sheriff’s office admitted sharing photos of the fatal incident with another police officer while they were playing Call of Duty together, TMZ writes.
He also acknowledged that he shouldn’t have done it.
It also emerged that he was not punished with more than one internal punishment.
The policeman who received the images admitted in court that he later showed the same images to a bartender at a local pub.
The process should last all week.