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In deposition, Kobe Bryant's widow Vanessa recounts the day her husband and daughter died

The widow of Kobe Bryant recounted how she learned of her husband and daughter’s death in a helicopter crash last year and said she tried to travel to the crash site that day by helicopter but was told the weather conditions were too bad, according to her deposition testimony in a lawsuit she filed against Los Angeles County.

In the transcript of the testimony obtained by USA TODAY Sports, Vanessa Bryant said she has kept the clothing that her husband and daughter were wearing that day. She also was asked about photos that were posted on social media, including a photoshopped image that superimposed her husband’s face on a burnt corpse.

The deposition from Oct. 12 is part of her lawsuit against the county – a civil action that accuses county sheriff’s and fire department employees of improperly sharing photos from the crash scene, including the dead bodies the NBA legend and his daughter. They and seven others died in that crash near Los Angeles Jan 26, 2020. She is suing the county for invasion of privacy and negligence, saying she wants to punish the deputy defendants and "make an example of them to the community."