Deputies Names Are Public in Kobe Bryant Crash Scene Photo Scandal, Judge Rules
Vanessa Bryant had publicly called for the Sheriff's Department to release the names of the deputies in an Instagram post in February
By Eric Leonard and Andrew Blankstein, NBC News Investigates •
Published March 8, 2021 •
Updated on March 9, 2021 at 7:17 am
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The federal judge overseeing Vanessa Bryant's lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department that alleged deputies were caught taking and sharing grisly photographs of human remains at the scene of the helicopter crash that killed her husband, Kobe Bryant, their daughter Gianna, and seven others, ruled late Monday that Sheriff Alex Villanueva cannot keep secret the names of the deputies suspected of misconduct.