Los Angeles County has agreed to pay nearly $29m (£24m) to NBA superstar Kobe Bryant's widow, Vanessa, after police shared graphic images of his fatal helicopter crash.

Bryant and his daughter Gianna died along with seven others when the aircraft crashed in the LA area.

During a trial in August 2022, Vanessa Bryant testified that news of the photos compounded her grief a month after the crash and that she had panic attacks at the thought that the photos might still be out there.

In March 2021, Mrs Bryant shared the names of four sheriff's deputies she said had distributed "gratuitous photos of the dead children, parents, and coaches".

They were then travelling to a basketball game.

She claimed the pictures, which included those of her 13-year-old daughter Gianna, were taken and shared "for no reason other than morbid gossip".

California has since passed a state law prohibiting first responders from taking unauthorised pictures of people who die at the scene of an accident or crime.

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