Vanessa Bryant shares ‘disturbing’ allegations against police

In an Instagram post Wednesday, Vanessa Bryant named four Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies who allegedly took and shared unauthorised graphic photos of the helicopter crash that killed her husband Kobe, daughter Gianna and seven others.

Bryant posted images of lawsuit documents she filed against Los Angeles County, the sheriff’s department, the county fire department and the four deputies in question.

Those names were initially redacted while a judge determined whether they could be revealed, a decision that went in her favour earlier this month.

The screenshots included the names of the four deputies and some disturbing allegations about what those deputies did with the photos of the crash victims.

Bryant posted images of lawsuit documents she filed against Los Angeles County, the sheriff’s department, the county fire department and the four deputies in question.

Those names were initially redacted while a judge determined whether they could be revealed, a decision that went in her favour earlier this month.

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Vanessa Bryant 🦋 (@vanessabryant)

The screenshots included the names of the four deputies and some disturbing allegations about what those deputies did with the photos of the crash victims.

Bryant shared several photos of the lawsuit to her Instagram, including the front page of the lawsuit that listed the defendant names in full.

A second part of the lawsuit she shared included allegations that one deputy, officer Joey Cruz, showed photos of the accident to a bartender.

Cruz allegedly “boasted” to a bartender at the Baja California Bar and Grill in Norwalk, California, two days after the crash photos that he had responded to the crash and allegedly showed photos of the accident that he took.

The bartender then reportedly approached another table of guests at the restaurant and explained what had happened, something one of the customers described as “very, very disturbing.”

That customer filed an official complaint with the Sheriff’s department while sitting in his car after leaving the restaurant, as it “did not sit well with [him] at all.”