LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant's widow won't have to undergo psychiatric testing for her lawsuit over graphic photos of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, her 13-year-old daughter and seven others, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Los Angeles County sought to compel psychiatric evaluations for Vanessa Bryant and others to determine if they truly suffered emotional distress over photos of the crash scene and bodies that her lawsuit said were taken and shared by county sheriff's deputies and firefighters.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick said that the county's motion to compel an evaluation was untimely.