A bartender testified Thursday about seeing graphic images from the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others.
The trial in Vanessa Bryant's case against the county of Los Angeles began Wednesday with jury selection.Bartender Victor Gutierrez was smiling and laughing with LASD Deputy Joey Cruz moments after they huddled over Cruz's phone looking at graphic images of the remains of Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and other victims of the January 2020 helicopter crash.
Gutierrez described much of the remains he saw in the photos as just "body parts," and that what he saw on Cruz's cell phone included what he understood to be Kobe's torso and the scattered remains of other victims. Gutierrez told jurors that Deputy Cruz appeared sad and needed to get what he'd seen the day of the crash "out of his system." He denied telling members of the softball group that Deputy Cruz told him the only way deputies could identify Kobe was by his skin tone and tattoos.
Bryant attorney Craig Jennings Lavoie showed more video clips of Gutierrez talking to the softball group about what he'd seen in Deputy Cruz's photos. In one clip, Gutierrez is seen twisting his arm behind him and up into the air. Mendez told the jury that Gutierrez told the softball group that Deputy Cruz found the photos funny and that the only way they'd been able to identify Kobe was through his skin tone and tattoos.
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