Friday 19 August 2022 06:58 PM Vanessa Bryant sobs in LA court and recalls horrifying moment she learned of ... trends now
Vanessa Bryant broke down in tears on the stand Friday as she recalled the moment she learned first responders had leaked images of her husband Kobe's grisly helicopter crash.
Bryant cried heavily and gasped for air as she testified she had to run outside her house after seeing media reports of the pictures so her daughters wouldn't see her crying.
The wife of the late NBA legend said she was breastfeeding her youngest child when she heard the news, and said 'I felt like I wanted to run down the block and scream.'
'I can't escape my body. I can't escape what I feel,' she said to the court.
Bryant confessed she suffers severe panic attacks as she fears the graphic images of her dead husband and daughter may one day surface online.
'I live in fear every day of seeing on social media and having these images pop up,' and added she had never seen the images.
'I don't ever want to see these photographs,' she said. 'I want to remember them as they were.
Bryant is seeking millions in damages from Los Angeles County after learning first responders allegedly sent gory images of her Kobe and Gianna between them.
Multiple witnesses involved in the incident have testified they have seen the images, forcing Bryant to repeatedly break down over the course of the trial.
She even had to leave the courtroom last week after a bartender, Victor Gutierrez, testified a sheriff's deputy had shown him pictures of severed body parts after the crash.
Earlier this week, LA Sheriff's Deputy Michael Russell revealed he texted pictures of the wreckage to Santa Clarita Sheriff's Deputy Ben Sanchez a day after the incident.
Russell said he was playing the popular Call of
