Vanessa Bryant Seeking Discipline Letters As Lawsuit Against Los Angeles Moves Forward

Attorney’s representing Vanessa Bryant has filed docs to use discharge letters sent to the first responders who took photos of Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s remains.

Bryant’s team requests to introduce 348 pieces of trial evidence, including the entire case files from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s and Los Angeles County Fire Department’s investigations into the employees who took the graphic images. They seek internal discipline documents and discharge letters that were sent out, a request that L.A. County has pushed back against.

Deputy Fire Chief William McCloud sent the discharge letters to former Fire Captain Brian Jordan and the department’s former public-information officer Tony Imbrenda, with interim Fire Chief Anthony Marrone, copied. McCloud stated in the correspondence that the taking and distribution of the pictures “only served to appeal to baser instincts and desires for what amounted to visual gossip.” Imbrenda was fired after an investigation found that he flaunted the photographs at the 2020 Golden Mike Awards. Jordan retired before the department could fire him.

Los Angles County says the discipline correspondence should be excluded because they are “subsequent remedial measures” to ensure that incidents such as these never occur again.

A hearing is scheduled for February 11th to determine what pieces of evidence will be introduced at trial.