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Vanessa Bryantmight be required to undergo an involuntary psychiatric evaluation as part of her ongoing lawsuit against Los Angeles County.
Attorneys for Vanessa declined PEOPLE’s request for comment.
In the court filing, attorneys for L.A. County argued that mental evaluations “are not only relevant, but necessary for the County to mount its defense to these claims and to evaluate the existence, extent and nature of Plaintiffs' alleged emotional injuries.”
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Vanessafiled a legal complaintlast year against Los Angeles County, as well as its sheriff’s office and fire department, claiming that deputies “publicly disseminated photos from the helicopter crash site” after she personally requested “that the area be designated a no-fly zone and protected from photographers.”
“This is an unspeakable violation of human decency, respect, and of the privacy rights of the victims and their families. We are demanding that those responsible for these alleged actions face the harshest possible discipline, and that their identities be brought to light, to ensure that the photos are not further disseminated,” her attorney Gary C. Robb said in a statement in March 2020, one year before a judge ruled that the identities of the deputies involvedcould be shared.
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Along with the families of the seven other crash victims, Vanessareached a settlement agreementin June in thewrongful death lawsuitagainst the company that owned the helicopter involved. The terms of the settlement have been kept confidential.
source: people.com
