L.A. Sheriff Says He Ordered Deletion of Kobe Bryant Crash Photos

Staying strong. Vanessa Bryant posed in front of a mural of her late husband, Kobe Bryant, and her daughter Gianna, seven weeks after the two passed in a fatal helicopter crash in Calabasas, California.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has assured Kobe Bryant’s widow that pictures taken at the scene of the basketball legend’s death have been deleted.

An attorney for Kobe Bryant’s widow has slammed the alleged dissemination of the basketball icon’s death scene photos among Los Angeles authorities as “inexcusable and deplorable” behaviour.

Kobe Bryant's widow Vanessa Bryant is "absolutely devastated" by a report that said Los Angeles authorities shared photos from the scene of the helicopter crash that killed the NBA icon, their 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant and seven other people in January. The Los Angeles Times said on Thursday that Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies shared graphic pictures of the accident site, a hillside in Calabasas, California.

Merchandise from Kobe Bryant’s Celebration of Life service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California has been pulled from eBay for violating the auction site’s policies.

On Monday, the sports world paid tribute to Kobe and Gianna Bryant as part of a public memorial service at Staples Center. 

Destined to be remembered. Stars are continuing to pay tribute to Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna after the pair passed away in a tragic helicopter accident in Calabasas, California alongside seven others.

Tom Brady is still struggling to come to terms with the death of Kobe Bryant. The former Los Angeles Lakers star tragically died alongside his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, last month. 

Gabrielle Union has described the star-studded memorial service in honour of the late Kobe Bryant as a “healing” experience.

Kobe Bryant’s wife Vanessa is suing the owners of the helicopter that was involved in the crash that killed her husband and daughter in January.

Hours after speaking at her late friend and mentor, Kobe Bryant’s, Los Angeles memorial event, basketballer Sabrina Ionescu made college basketball history on Monday evening before dedicating the achievement to the loved NBA star.

Beyonce was one of many who took the stage at Staples Center on February 24, to honor and celebrate the lives of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and the seven others who perished in a tragic helicopter crash in southern California in January. Beyonce, 38, performed “XO” and “Halo” at the public memorial, which brought out over 20,000 people.

Sabrina Ionescu is remembering her mentor. At Kobe Bryant's public memorial service on Monday at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, the 22-year-old Oregon Ducks basketball star remembered the late NBA legend, who died in a helicopter crash last month along with his daughter Gianna and seven others.