Kobe Bryant
25 Aug
Los Angeles County must pay $31 million in damages to Kobe Bryant's widow and a co-plaintiff over graphic photos taken at the site of the helicopter crash that killed the basketball star and eight others, a jury ordered Wednesday.
25 Aug
Following the leak of gruesome photographs of the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Kobe Bryant and his daughter in 2020, Kobe Bryant's widow was granted $16 million (£13.6 million) in damages. Following her discovery that photographs taken by firefighters and sheriff's deputies in Los Angeles County had been made available to the public,…
20 Aug
Kobe Bryant's widow told a court Friday she was devastated when she learned first responders had snapped graphic photographs of her dead husband and daughter in the wreckage of the helicopter crash that killed them.
25 Mar 2022
Vanessa Bryant and Nike have announced a new sneaker partnership to honour late husband, Kobe Bryant and daughter Gigi. Taking to Instagram to share the good news, Vanessa wrote, "We're excited to announce our partnership with Nike is going to continue! I am so proud that my husband's shoes are still the most worn by…
27 Jan 2022
A Los Angeles sculptor on Wednesday marked the second anniversary of Kobe and Gianna Bryant's death with a statue on the site of the helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. Dan Medina built the 160-pound statue of the NBA star and his 13-year-old daughter and erected it over the site of the crash that killed them…
23 Jun 2021
Vanessa Bryant and others agreed to jointly settle a lawsuit filed against the pilot and helicopter owners over the deadly crash that killed former Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, their daughter Gianna and seven others last year, according to the Los Angeles Times. Bryant and other families, along with the helicopter company and insurers,…
16 May 2021
Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant was inducted posthumously into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday part of a star-studded group that also included Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett.
16 May 2021
Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant was inducted posthumously into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday part of a star-studded group that also included Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett.
20 Apr 2021
The Kobe Bryant estate has decided to not renew their partnership with Nike, the late NBA star's widow Vanessa confirmed on Monday night. Kobe Bryant's five-year post-retirement deal with the sporting apparel giant had expired earlier this month and there had been reports that Vanessa Bryant and the estate had grown frustrated with Nike's limited…
23 Feb 2021
Vanessa Bryant took to Instagram to call out Meek Mill over a line that many viewed as being disrespectful to late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. The lyrics in question, which appeared to reference the Jan. 26, 2020 helicopter crash Kobe and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna died in, caught the attention of the internet last week…
10 Feb 2021
The helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and six other passengers was probably caused by the pilot becoming disoriented after flying into clouds,
9 Feb 2021
Natalia Bryant, the eldest daughter of late Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, has signed with international modelling agency IMG Models Worldwide. Bryant, 18, who recently marked the one-year anniversary of the untimely tragic deaths of her father and younger sister, Gianna, said she had always wanted to be a model. "I have always been…
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