A top Los Angeles County coroner on Thursday testified in graphic detail about the state of Kobe Bryant’s body following the 2020 helicopter crash that killed all nine passengers on board, including the basketball legend and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Bryant.
Testimony from Captain Emily Tauscher, head of investigations at the LA County Coroner’s office, took center stage on the second day of Vanessa Bryant’s trial against Los Angeles County after LA Sheriff’s Deputies and LA County Fire Captains took and shared photos of the helicopter crash site in late January 2020.
Tauscher painted a gruesome picture of the crash site, offering detailed insight into the grisly scene that was likely captured in the photos taken by LA County sheriff’s deputies and fire captains. She also discussed the coroner’s office’s photo practices — highlighting a more ad-hoc approach to site photography in the sheriff’s department’s system that allowed the improper photos to be taken and shared.
On January 26, 2020, a helicopter transporting Kobe Bryant, the couple’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, as well as baseball coach John Altobelli and his family crashed near Malibu as they were heading to a girls basketball game. All nine aboard, including pilot Ara Zobayan, died in the crash.
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In September 2020, Vanessa Bryant sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the county’s fire department, the county as a whole, and eight officers in the wake of reports that first responders took and shared photos of the January 2020 crash site.
Chris Chester, whose wife Sarah and daughter Peyton died in the crash, is also suing county workers on the same federal and state claims and will have a consolidated 9-day trial alongside Bryant against the county.
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