Bid Fails to Dismiss Kobe Bryant Crash Photos Lawsuit

Bid Fails to Dismiss Kobe Bryant Crash Photos Lawsuit
Wreckage of the crashed helicopter that was carrying former NBA star Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna smolders on the ground in Calabasas, Calif., on Jan. 26, 2020. David McNew/Getty Images
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LOS ANGELES—Lawyers for Los Angeles County have failed to persuade a federal judge to end Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit over gruesome photos of the helicopter crash that killed her husband, Kobe Bryant, her daughter Gianna and seven others.

U.S. District Judge John F. Walter on Wednesday rejected a county motion that would have dismissed the case, saying that “there are genuine issues of material facts for trial,” the Los Angeles Times reported.