Los Angeles fire officials allegedly knew sharing graphic pictures of the crash that killed NBA star Kobe Bryant would land them in trouble as they were dubbed ‘plutonium’ and were ordered to be gotten rid of.
Sky Cornell, a public information officer for the LA County Fire Department, told a jury on Tuesday that first responders went into damage control after it became public that they shared photos of the helicopter crash that killed Bryant, 41, and his daughter, Gianna, 13, in 2020.
Cornell, who had admitted to investigators that he ‘wanted to see Kobe’ as the pictures were being shared, said an official warned the department about what they were doing, TMZ reported.
‘Just a reminder folks, there are no secrets! One way or another people get exposed,’ the email read according to Cornell.
He added that colleague Tony Imbrenda, who admitted to sharing the photos at an awards gala, called the pictures ‘plutonium,’ and that he needed to ‘get rid of them.’
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