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Naughty But Nice with Rob Shuter

Kobe Bryant and passengers are to blame for crash, says pilot's family

Naughty But Nice with Rob Shuter

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4.4606 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The brother of the pilot flying the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others argued in court documents that the pilot shouldn’t be held responsible. Plus, Rose McGowan accuses Bill Maher of saying crude comments to her when she was a guest on his show, Prince Harry is surrounded by "Team Meghan" at the couple’s new Los Angeles home, and Jennifer Lopez's private chef reveals the two foods the singer will never eat.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:19.0

Hello, hello, hello, hello.

0:20.2

Welcome to The Nauty But Nice Show. I'm your host Schueter, with all the celebrity gossip, all the news, all the dish, all the drama, all the tea on the celebrities that you love. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. We are here bringing you brand new shows, but we are naughty but nice here. It is not a mean girl show. So if you love celebrities like I do, sit back,

0:40.0

grab a snack and get ready for some naughty, naughty gossip.

0:44.7

What's that I hear?

0:46.0

It's the chimes of Big Ben, which means only one thing.

0:49.4

It's tea time.

0:52.1

The brother of the pilot in the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash is blaming the passengers.

0:59.0

Yes, you heard that correctly.

1:01.0

So the brother of the pilot who flew the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant,

1:07.0

his daughter and seven others, has argued in court documents filed yesterday that Kobe

1:14.5

knew the risks of flying and the pilot should not be held responsible. So the documents filed

1:22.2

were in answer to Vanessa Bryant's wrongful death lawsuit against the pilot and Island Express,

1:30.3

the charter company that flew them on that awful day, she filed this in February.

1:36.3

Her lawsuit claims that the pilot was flying too fast in heavy fog and failed to assess the weather at a very critical point on the trip.

1:47.6

The morning of the accident was particularly foggy in Los Angeles,

1:52.2

and that meant even the police department's flying fleet were grounded.

1:57.2

However, this pilot did not abort the mission.

2:03.8

It also alleges that the pilot was unsafe and notes that a previous discipline had been filed against him in 2015 for violating

2:11.9

visual flight rules. Vanessa's lawyers are seeking unspecified damages. However, now the pilot's brother,

2:21.2

who appears to be representing him, is fighting back, actually blaming Kobe and the other passengers

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