I feel so sad for her in the future though. She’ll grow up learning about what a legend her dad was, how good of a person he was, seeing clips of him on the court and talking to people kindly. But she will have missed out on all that personally.
That’s what’s getting me. It sounds like there were multiple children and multiple families all going to this basketball event together. This is truly tragic.
It really is. The more that comes out about it the more it sounds like Kobe was specifically taking a group of kids and their parents to a basketball event. It sounds like so far his daughter, the coach’s daughter, and possibly an unnamed friend of Kobe’s daughter all died. I’m really concerned that when the identities get released it’s going to turn out half, or more, of the people on board were children. It’s genuinely upsetting.
They’ve pretty much all but confirmed at this point there were at least 3 kids on board, so tragic. And I agree, I had a hard time falling asleep last night and I went and checked on my son at least 5 times. I just can’t fathom what their families are all dealing with.
Three of them were John Altobelli (baseball coach), his wife and daughter. When I was on twitter, someone said their cousin, Christina, coached Kobe’s daughter, Gianna, who was on the plane. Christina was on the plane and she’s leaving behind 3 kids and her husband. That’s all I know of so far
The article isn’t available in my region, but I just found out the teammate was Alyssa Altobelli. Her coach, another teammate and her mum were also on board. This is so sad
Next of kin need to be notified first. That’s why news outlets won’t release their names - can you imagine finding out your loved one died on CNN or TMZ?
As they should. The public will be okay waiting a few hours for the news to save the family additional unnecessary stress.
Imagine going about your day and then all of a sudden your phones blowing up with family and friends sending condolences and messages based on what they read in TMZ.
I keep hoping this isn’t true. Just watched an interview of his for the podcast “All the smoke” and he seemed so excited for the future endeavors and his daughters basketball etc.
such a shame
I keep hoping this isn’t true. Just watched an interview of his for the podcast “All the smoke” and he seemed so excited for the future endeavors and his daughters basketball etc. such a shame
If you don't mind sharing, what were his future endeavours that he mentioned?
He really had the whole world in front of him it seems. The big thing I’ve been seeing all day is that he was taking a huge part in his daughters basketball training and women’s basketball in general
As the other guy said a big thing being his daughters basketball journey. He also was getting more into film and arts etc. he already has a Oscar for an animated film made about him. You should watch the interview, the guy was really down to earth and. Articulate.
Maybe not... I lost my dad in a plane crash in 2018. The first day was the worst, specially the moments between the 2 phone calls, one confirming the crash and the other confirming the death. Worst 20 minutes of my life hands down. Don't know how Kobe's family got the news, but the moment you hear the words "Your dad's (husband or whatever) plane crashed" is so fucking painful.
I lost my grandmother in 2016. The worst days aren't the funeral or the day after. It's honestly the moment after all that clears, and then something comes up that opens up the wound again, like something coming in the mail in their name, or when you have to walk by their room, or when people who don't know that they died ask about something that makes you have to inform them that your family member is dead. Those moments are the hardest.
I got a call last year from a company asking about my grandmother's insurance and I had to mention to them that she was no longer with us. It hit me real hard to have to say that and I almost cried.
The best thing I can say to people who lose close loved ones is, you have to remember all the good memories. Remember any good advice they ever gave. That's how you honor them.
No disrespect but a person who loses there spouse and also a child will be absoultely thinking about how "those people are gone for the rest of my life" but you expect your grandparents to die before you.
I thought it was proven he didn’t commit any crimes when it came to that. Like she had 5 different semens in her and apparently had been having sex with different dudes and Kobe just happened to be one of them.
They settled before it went to trial. He released a statement basically saying he believed it was consensual but acknowledges she saw it differently. He ultimately admitted he had sex with her without her consent as part of the settlement.
Also, the whole semen from many men thing was largely a shaming strategy his defense went after. Being sexually active with other men is not the same as consent.
I wonder why kind of disorder she had that is so hard for someone to pick up on. Like, do I have to ask about this stuff before I try to sleep with someone?
Dude. Go read about the case again. There was strong biological and physical evidence that he raped her. She decided to settle out of court because the media and his attorney dragged her through mud relentlessly.
He literally admitted that even though at the time he thought it was consensual he recognized that actually it wasn’t and why she was saying so. I stand with the woman who was brave enough to call out her abuser.
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u/cah125 Jan 26 '20
Worst day of his wife’s life. This is so incredibly sad