Kobe Bryant’s widow reveals what she will do with the $16 million settlement

• Vanessa Bryant won her lawsuit over accident photos of Kobe and Gianna Bryant.
• She reveals what she will do with the money.
• The basketball player’s widow seeks to keep these images from being disseminated.

After Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna tragically lost their lives, things seem to be looking up for Vanessa Bryant. She recently won a settlement against Los Angeles County for leaking accident photos of her husband and daughter. After her court victory, Kobe Bryant’s widow reveals what she will do with the $16 million settlement.

Vanessa Bryant overcame her pain after the accident that occurred on January 26, 2020, when the helicopter in which the basketball player and eight other people were traveling, among them his daughter Gianna, crashed killing everyone on board.

Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit

According to MamasLatinas, Vanessa Bryant sued the company that owned the helicopter her husband and daughter were traveling aboard after it was revealed that the pilot was disoriented due to the fog and ignored safety protocols. They reached an out-of-court settlement.

She later sued the Los Angeles County after police officers supposedly took photographs of the accident with their personal cell phones and shared them without any type of authorization. A jury awarded Vanessa Bryant a total of $16 million in damages, according to Univision.

Kobe Bryant’s widow reveals what she will do with the $16 million settlement

Regarding the question: What will Vanessa Bryant do with that money? According to a statement issued by her lawyer, Luis Li, the money will be donated to the Mamba and Mambacitia Sports Foundation, named in memory of her husband and daughter.

So far there are no details on whether all the money will be used for that cause or just part of it. Mamba and Mambacitia Sports’s mission is to offer sports education for underprivileged athletes.

Vanessa Bryant shared her achievement

«All for you! I love you! Justice for Kobe and Gigi” Bryant wrote on Instagram. The post has been filled with comments of love and support for Vanessa. Some of them are: “Great job. You did it!” “Very proud of you.” “You fighting for your family’s respect will help others, thank you for being strong?”

In the moving image that Vanessa Bryant shared, she appears between her husband Kobe Bryant and their daughter Gianna, affectionately nicknamed «Gigi», who passed away when she was just 13 years old and had a career in sports ahead of her.

It was a complicated trial

According to Mamás Latinas, the lawsuit was filed in September 2020. In it, the player’s widow requested compensation for damages, violation of civil rights, negligence, violation of privacy and emotional distress.

The verdict was unanimous after 11 days of trial and it was concluded that the personnel of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office and the LA Fire Department had invaded the privacy of the plaintiff. The determination was made by the jury after four and a half hours of deliberation.