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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed off on a law that criminalizes the act of first responders’ capturing unauthorized photography of deceased victims at the scene of a crime or accident, based entirely totally on the Linked Press.
The Los Angeles Times‘ Alene Tchekmedyian and Paul Pringle reported in February that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department ordered some deputies to delete photography from the scene of the helicopter fracture that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva confirmed the story to NBC News.
“That became my No. 1 priority, became to be obvious these photography not exist,” he mentioned. “We known the deputies fervent, they came to the realm on their very possess and had admitted they’d taken them and they’d deleted them. And, we’re screech that these fervent did that.”
Initiating Jan. 1, these chanced on guilty of the sleek law will face a misdemeanor fee and an even of up to $1,000.
On Sept. 17, Vanessa Bryant filed a civil plod well with against Villanueva and the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.
“Lawyers for Bryant mentioned the pictures were shared in settings irrelevant to the investigation, at the side of at a bar,” CNN’s Stella Chan reported. “A bartender overheard a trainee deputy exercise his describe to brag and verify out to impress a lady, and the bartender filed a written complaint with the sheriff’s department, the lawsuit states.”
The lawsuit also mentioned relatives of the victims were advised authorities had secured the positioning of the fracture, simplest to be taught TMZ had broken the story of Bryant’s death based entirely totally on info it purchased from the sheriff’s department.
