Category: Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant Card Sells for $2 Million

A Kobe Bryant card sold for $2 million to make it one of the highest-selling basketball cards of all-time, PWCC Marketplace said on Thursday. The 1997-98 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems Emerald Kobe Bryant card was a private sale to an unnamed buyer through PWCC Marketplace, a card trading marketplace. Bryant, one of the NBA’s…


LA County Approves $2.5M to Settle Lawsuits Over Photos Leaked From Kobe Bryant Crash

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved on Nov. 2 a $2.5 million settlement for two families suing the county over the unauthorized sharing of photos of the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash, which also killed their loved ones. Under the proposed settlement, still subject to court approval, Matthew Mauser stands to receive $1.25 million, and siblings J.J….


Judge Says Kobe’s Widow Won’t Have to Undergo Mental Exam

LOS ANGELES—Kobe Bryant’s widow won’t have to undergo psychiatric testing for her lawsuit over graphic photos of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, her 13-year-old daughter, and others, a federal judge ruled Monday. Los Angeles County sought to compel psychiatric evaluations for Vanessa Bryant and others to determine if they truly suffered…


Supervisors to Consider $2.5 M Settlement Related to Kobe Bryant Crash

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday will consider approving a $2.5 million settlement for two families suing over the unauthorized sharing of photos of the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash, in which their loved ones also were killed. Under the proposed settlement, Matthew Mauser would receive $1.25 million and siblings J.J. Altobelli and…


LA County Wants Vanessa Bryant to Undergo Psychiatric Exam

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County is seeking to compel psychiatric evaluations for Kobe Bryant’s widow and others to determine if they truly suffered emotional distress after first responders took and shared graphic photos from the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, his teenage daughter, and seven others, court documents say. Vanessa…


Kyle Kuzma Shares Special Kobe Bryant Memories in Farewell Letter to LA

By Chuck Schilken From Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES—Kyle Kuzma was nervous. Since joining the Lakers in June 2017, the NBA rookie had waited all summer for the chance to sit down with Kobe Bryant, relentlessly hitting up general manager and Bryant’s former agent Rob Pelinka for such an opportunity. But when he learned the…


Michelle Steel Pushes House Resolution to Designate Aug. 24 Kobe Bryant Day

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Huntington Beach) has introduced a congressional resolution to designate Aug. 24, 2021, as “Kobe Bryant Day” to honor the late Lakers star, who died in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26, 2020.  “Kobe Bryant used his platform to inspire millions and help kids around the world achieve success and strive…


‘Dear Kobe, Thank You’: Lakers Legend Bryant Enshrined in Hall of Fame

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant was inducted posthumously to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, as the class of 2020 was enshrined after months of delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The five-time NBA champion died last year aged 41 in a helicopter crash alongside his daughter and seven others, shocking…


County Says Vanessa Bryant Lacks Basis to Sue Deputies Over Crash Photos

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County attorneys contend Vanessa Bryant has no legal basis to sue four sheriff’s deputies alleged to have shared unauthorized photos taken at the site of the helicopter crash that killed her husband, L.A. Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others, according to court papers obtained May 3. Bryant alleged in…


Pilot Felt Pressure to Fly Kobe Bryant to Game: NTSB Report

LOS ANGELES—As helicopter pilot Ara Zobayan encountered a cloud bank and decided to try to climb out of it, he was likely worried about getting his star client, Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and six others to a girls basketball tournament, federal safety investigators said. That decision cost them all their lives, the National Transportation Safety…