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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told The Los Angeles Times that it is conducting an investigation into public law enforcement officials sharing graphic images of Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crash outside of the investigation.
What’s going on?
- Per The Los Angeles Times, two public safety sources said the graphic photos of the helicopter crash were shown outside of the context of the investigation.
“One of the sources told the Times that the sharing of photos of the crash scene and the victims’ remains was the topic of a discussion among first responders two days after the crash. The source said he saw one of the photos on the phone of another official, in a setting that had nothing to do with the investigation of the crash. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the matter.”
- Captain Jorge Valdez told The Los Angeles Times that he had to contact the crash victims’ family to talk about the photos being leaked.
Some more context:
- According to Yahoo! Sports, this isn’t the first time that police have had issued with leaked information on celebrities:
- “An investigation was opened after documents were leaked following Mel Gibson’s drunk driving arrest in 2006, and an officer was fired in connection with leaking a photo of Rihanna after Chris Brown assaulted her in 2009.”