A federal judge ruled Monday that Vanessa Bryant will not have to undergo a psychiatric exam as part of her lawsuit against Los Angeles County regarding photos taken and shared by sheriff’s deputies, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The judge, U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick, ruled that the county’s motion to force Bryant and others to undergo the evaluation was untimely, as the trial is scheduled for February.
“The County’s tactics are simply a cruel attempt to extract a price for victims to obtain accountability,” Bryant’s attorney, Luis Li, wrote in a court filing, via the Los Angeles Times.