'They were shared by deputies playing video games,' Vanessa Bryant's attorney said. 'They were shared repeatedly with people who had absolutely no reason to receive them.'
when they thought they might still save lives at the chaotic, dangerous and hard-to-reach crash scene in the Calabasas hills west of Los AngelesVanessa Bryant cried frequently during her lawyer's presentation. She was still wiping tears from her eyes minutes afterward during a break.
Li played jurors security video of an off-duty sheriff's deputy drinking at a bar showing the photos to the bartender, who shakes his head in dismay. The lawyer then showed an image of the men laughing together later. Li described firefighters looking at the phone photos two weeks later at an awards banquet, and showed the jury an animated chart documenting their spread to nearly 30 people.
"They're not online. They're not in the media. They've never even been seen by the plaintiffs themselves," Hashmall said. She added,"That is not an accident. That is a function of how diligent they were." Hashmall told the jury that the reason Li even had the video of the bartender to show, which she suggested was deceptively edited to show the men laughing together, was because the Sheriff's Department had gotten it the same day they received a complaint from another bar patron who witnessed the photo sharing.
The defense attorney urged jurors to look past the grief of those who brought the lawsuit and focus on the matter before them.
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