Los Angeles County has requested the dismissal of the suit filed by Vanessa Bryant accusing emergency responders of sharing photos of the tragic helicopter crash from last year.  

The crash claimed the lives of her husband, daughter, and seven other passengers. 

Lawyers for L.A. County on Monday asked the judge to give a summary judgement on the case which would dismiss Bryant’s claim. 

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Last year, Bryant filed a lawsuit against L.A. County, alleging she and her family had suffered severe emotional distress upon learning that L.A. Sheriff’s deputies took pictures of the crash sites and showed them to others in their department. Bryant, in a private meeting with L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, was promised none of the pictures had been or would be shared anywhere. 

Villanueva ordered all personnel to delete any photos they had on their devices; court filings found LASD conducted an investigation with interviews of 28 deputies, reserve deputies, sergeants and civilian volunteers. 

Bryant asserts this action was in direct interference of the aforementioned case, destroying evidence during the ongoing investigation. Bryant’s lawyers requested a motion for an “adverse inference” so jury can assume the evidence destroyed would prove to be detrimental to the LASD’s case. 

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One of the four deputies named in her claim, Joey Cruz, has admitted to showing photos to someone at a bar. 

County lawyers said supervisors took the appropriate measures in their handling of the photos, according to an NBC News report.  

U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick ordered L.A. County Sheriff Villanueva and fire chief Daryl Osby to depositions last month because it appeared they both had “unique first-hand, non-repetitive knowledge,” the NBC News report. 

The next hearing is set for December 27.