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Report: Vanessa Bryant settles lawsuit with pilot, company over helicopter crash

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, filed “joint notice of settlement and joint request to vacate discovery deadlines” in court Tuesday, per the report. They were seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, though terms of the settlement are confidential.

Terms of the settlement stemming from the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, Gianna and seven others last year are confidential.