LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to pay an additional $4.95 million to Chris Chester over graphic photos that sheriff’s deputies and firefighters took of the helicopter crash that killed his wife and daughter along with Kobe Bryant and six others in 2020.
A federal jury last month awarded Chester and Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, $31 million after a trial in which defense lawyers argued that illicit photos of the victims had violated their right to privacy and inflicted emotional distress. Chester lost his wife, Sarah, and 13-year-old daughter, Payton, in the crash. Jurors awarded him $15 million in the verdict.
The supervisors approved the latest settlement with the Chester family in a closed session.
