L.A. County Says Kobe Bryant Widow’s Crash Photo Suit Meritless

A suit by Kobe Bryant’s widow seeking damages for emotional distress stemming from sheriff’s deputies taking photographs of the helicopter crash site where her husband and daughter were killed should be dismissed, Los Angeles County said Monday.

The claims fail because they allege a “hypothetical harm,” the county told the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

“It is undisputed that the complained-of photos have never been in the media, on the Internet, or otherwise publicly disseminated,” the county said in its motion to dismiss.

Although Bryant testified that the case is about her “having to fear those ...