Johnson said an internal investigation was conducted and he was interviewed twice, but said he was never disciplined in connection to a complaint lodged by Deputy Katz. “When you took the pictures, did you know it was Kobe Bryant who was in the air?” Mona Shafer Edwards / BACKGRIDĭuring cross examination, Jennifer Mira Hashmall, the defense attorney representing LA County, county sheriffs and the county fire department, asked Johnson if he knew who was involved in the crash at the time. Johnson told the court he would not have done anything differently. Johnson replied, “No, sir,” and repeated the answer when asked if he regretted taking the photos or if he would have done anything differently. That person remained unidentified, he told the court.Īt one point, one of Vanessa’s attorneys, Eric Tuttle, asked, “Did it ever occur to you that it is not appropriate to have close-ups of human remains on your personal cell phone?” Brian Johnson and another uniformed firefighter that he assumed was a captain, according to the testimony.
KOBE BODY FOUND HOLDING GIGI AFTER CRASH SKIN
One of them was a child with long black hair and black skin - presumably Gianna, 13. Johnson said he also took close-up pictures of bodies in a ravine. “I remember a torso and having pants.” Johnson said he took close-up shots of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna’s remains after the crash, claiming he did not regret it. “I don’t remember seeing the victim’s head,” Johnson said. The pictures were presumably of the retired 41-year-old NBA star.
The deputy testified he took shots of a black man’s detached arm and hand, a close-up of a shin, a foot of dark skin tone, and a torso found near the helicopter.
When asked if he interpreted that to mean that he was instructed to take close-ups of body parts, Johnson replied, “Yes, sir.” Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy Douglas Johnson said about a third of his pictures were close-up shots of body parts. Johnson told them that one of his assignments was to take pictures of the entire scene.
Upon arrival he talked to two men who he thought were officials with Los Angeles County Fire, he testified. 26, 2020, finding it strewn with severed body parts. Johnson testified he and another deputy hiked through the rough terrain of the hillside and got to the crash site at about 11:30 a.m. The deputy’s testimony also contradicted the sworn statement of Malibu Search & Rescue Team Reserve Deputy David Katz, who told the court Thursday that Johnson had told him he took 100 pictures. Lawyers for Bryant, who allege that workers took “pictures as souvenirs,” countered Johnson’s claim by playing a recording of Versales saying, “All of us at the command post, including myself, we did not request photographs.” The Calabasas crash site was littered with body parts, Doug Johnson testified. Raul Versales, who was at the command post at the bottom of the Calabasas hill the chopper slammed into. Johnson said about a third of his pictures were close-up shots of body parts and told the court they were taken at the behest of Dept. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Doug Johnson took the stand in the third day of Vanessa Bryant’s federal lawsuit against the county and said he took 25 pictures at the California crash site and texted them to two firefighters that he believed were high up in command. The deputy who snapped dozens of close-up photos of human remains from the helicopter wreck that killed Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna testified Friday that he didn’t regret doing so - and said he was unaware the NBA legend was one of the victims. Lakers legend emotional as team retires jersey next to Kobe Bryant Here are the dead celebs that will have their Twitter ‘blue checks’ restored He’s trying to do it again - as a referee Smush Parker defied the odds making the NBA. Kobe Bryant revealed as NBA 2K cover athlete for fourth time
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