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Vanessa Bryant Files Claim Over Release of Kobe Bryant Crash Site Photos

Vanessa Bryant filed a legal claim Friday regarding the release of photos taken by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies at her husband Kobe Bryant's helicopter crash site, according to People.

People obtained a copy of the claim, which said Vanessa Bryant seeks damages for emotional and mental anguish after learning that eight deputies took graphic photos of the crash scene on their personal phones. A spokesperson for the Bryant family confirmed the filing of the claim with People.

Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others died in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles on the morning of Jan.