Vanessa Bryant weeps as court told how LA firefighter shared photos of Kobe’s

Kobe Bryant‘s widow wept in court again on Friday as she heard how photos of her husband and daughter’s bodies were shared at an awards gala.

Vanessa Bryant, 40, is suing the Los Angeles County sheriff’s office and fire department for invasion of privacy after she discovered that the images were circulating.

Her basketball superstar husband and their 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were killed in a helicopter crash in January 2020 in Calabasas.

On Friday, Luella Weireter, the wife of a firefighter, explained why she filed an official complaint after seeing the photos shared. 

Weireter’s cousin Keri Altobelli died in the helicopter crash that killed the Bryants, along with her husband John, a baseball coach, and daughter Alyssa, a basketball teammate of Gianna.

Weireter, a former EMT, said that she attended the gala in February 2020 with her husband.

She said she was shocked to see the photos of the bodies being shared by LA County firefighter Tony Imbrenda, and other firefighters gather round Imbrenda to look at the images in what Weireter said was like a party trick.

Vanessa Bryant, 40, is seen on Friday arriving at the Los Angeles courthouse for her case against the sheriff’s office and firefighter

Bryant broke down in tears on Friday as she heard how photos of the bodies were shared at a gala

Tony Imbrenda, a LA County firefighter, is accused of sharing the photos of Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s bodies at a February 2020 gala

Luella Weireter, pictured with her husband Cody, a firefighter, testified on Friday that she was horrified that other firefighters were sharing photos of Kobe and Gianna’s bodies

Bryant filed legal action against LA County firefighters and sheriffs after it emerged they shared photos of her dead husband and daughter’s bodies. She is seen on Friday at court

Bryant’s case opened on Wednesday, and is expected to last two weeks. She is seen on Friday

Weireter said she heard one of the firefighters say: ‘I can’t believe I just looked at Kobe’s burnt up body and now I’m about to eat.’

Bryant, on hearing the story, lowered her head in her hands and was seen rocking back and forth, crying.

The previous day, Bryant fled the courtroom in tears after a bartender was asked to describe photos he had been shown of the dead bodies.

Bryant became emotional when Victor Gutierrez, a bartender, was asked if he had seen the body of her daughter. 

A somber Vanessa Bryant is seen outside the courthouse on Thursday after an emotional day where she heard graphic details of photos of her deceased daughter being shown

Vanessa Bryant leaves court for the day on Thursday, during the trial against Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office and fire department for invasion of privacy

Bryant broke down in tears on Thursday on hearing testimony about photos of her husband and daughter’s bodies being shared

Victor Gutierrez, a bartender, told how he was shown photos by a sheriff’s deputy two days after the crash

Gutierrez had been describing what he saw in the photos shown by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy.

Luis Li, Bryant’s lawyer, in his opening statements on Wednesday played…