Referring to the stress of crash work, Brian Jordan resisted questions that took his back to his actions on the day when the lawyers for Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, claims that a sheriff’s deputy drove him to photograph the scene. of stage, including crash debris and casualties remains.
“Kobe Bryant remains were among the photographs? Bryant’s lawyer Louis Lee asked before he was cut out. off across Jordan.
“I need break, I need break,” Jordan said, standing up. up. “Sorry, Your Honor,” he said as he walked. off rack for in first of three times.
AT one point, Lee noted in interrogation that Jordan came out with every time his lawyer.
Stephen Haney, Jordan’s lawyer, told CNN that his client’s departure from the courtroom was not due to legal issues, but was in response to a “medical condition related to with viewing it of in crash stage and it causes him to get hurt.”
Jordan has repeatedly said he doesn’t remember taking pictures because he was blocked that day. out of his memory since retirement in beginning of 2021.
Later, when asked by another plaintiff’s lawyer about took photos of specific body parts, Jordan said, “The way the whole scene looked like it would haunt me forever and sorry cause I’m going to take another break.”
AT times Jordan dismissed sharp questions from lawyers about what exactly he photographed that day and why.
“The only one reason I’m sitting here because someone interfered with all of this,” Jordan said. on witness stand. He says the supervisor asked him to take a photo on site as part of of in fire department’s response to crash.
“Maybe that was the day I should behaved defiantly,” Jordan said defiantly.
AT one point, haney, jordan’s lawyer who is not one of Lawyers representing defendant Los Angeles County objected outside the courtroom gallery to a question posed by the plaintiffs, saying they had “asked and answered.” When the judge realized who objected, he instructed Haney not to object again.
Los Angeles County supports photos were part of necessary photograph of the scene and that it sufficiently limited their distribution, arguing that photos never popped up online.
Continue reading with a series of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies who received and shared confidential photos with each other, one of who was a trainee who showed photos bartender, whom he considered a friend.
“I’m looking for back what do you think there was any reason for you get this crash photos— asked the plaintiff’s lawyer Craig Lavoie.
“Looking for back on it’s today, no,” Deputy Joey Cruz said, although he claimed to have accepted them initially, thinking he may have been assigned to write the report later. on Incident.
As for the bartender, Cruz. added: “He is a close friend of mine to whom I say … I took it’s too far, which I shouldn’t have done.”
Cruz should return to the witness stand on Tuesday.
