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News Articles: Vanessa Bryant

Los Angeles Sparks head coach Joe Bryant smiles at a referee during the second half of a WNBA basketball game against the Chicago Sky in Los Angeles on Sept. 10, 2011. The Sparks won 74-67.

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Joe 'Jellybean' Bryant, former NBA player and father of Kobe Bryant, dies at 69

Bryant played in the NBA for eight seasons, before taking his playing career overseas. He later coached at a his alma mater, La Salle University, as well as the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.

July 17, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
A statue of former Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant is seen after its unveiling outside the NBA basketball team's arena, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Los Angeles.

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The Lakers reveal the first of 3 statues of Kobe Bryant

The statue depicts Bryant amid his 81-point game against the Toronto Raptors in 2006. Bryant's wife, Vanessa, specially requested certain elements, such as replicas of his five championship trophies.

February 09, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Vanessa Bryant, center, Kobe Bryant's widow, leaves a federal courthouse with her daughter Natalia and soccer player Sydney Leroux in Los Angeles, Aug. 24, 2022.

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Kobe Bryant family settles the helicopter crash photos lawsuit for $28.5 million

The figure includes a newly agreed upon payment from the county of $13.5 million along with the $15 million a federal jury awarded Bryant's widow, Vanessa Bryant, at a trial in August.

March 01, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Vanessa Bryant leaves a federal courthouse in Los Angeles on Aug. 10. Kobe Bryant's widow is taking her lawsuit against the Los Angeles County sheriff's and fire departments to a federal jury, seeking compensation for photos deputies shared of the remains of the NBA star, his daughter and seven others killed in a helicopter crash in 2020.

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Kobe Bryant's widow says the sharing of crash photos turned her grief to horror

Vanessa Bryant testified about her reaction to learning that deputies and firefighters had shared photos of her husband and daughter's bodies at the site of the helicopter crash that killed them.

August 19, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
In this Nov. 21, 2017, file photo, from left, Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant, wife Vanessa and daughter Natalia Diamante Bryant are seen before an NCAA college women's basketball game between Connecticut and UCLA, in Los Angeles.

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Vanessa Bryant reaches new deal with Nike on Kobe Bryant shoes

The wife of the late sports legend says the proceeds from Gigi's shoes will be donated to the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation, the nonprofit charitable organization.

March 25, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
Vanessa Bryant, pictured in a 2010 photo, and others sued over photos from the 2020 helicopter crash that killed her husband, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, and others.

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LA County wants Vanessa Bryant to get a psych exam before her lawsuit goes to trial

Vanessa Bryant and others who lost family members in the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant sued Los Angeles County over leaked photos of the crash scene that were allegedly shared.

October 18, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz

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