(CNN)After the fatal helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others, disturbing images taken at the scene were shared among more than two dozen Los Angeles County employees, a lawyer for the NBA legend's wife Vanessa said Wednesday in her lawsuit against the county over the photos.

Vanessa Bryant's federal lawsuit claims that photos taken of the victims' remains, including those of her daughter and husband, were shared in settings irrelevant to the investigation, including at a bar and an awards gala.

Her attorney, Luis Li, presented a flow chart of how initial photos spread from one deputy to more than a dozen deputies and more than a dozen members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Some photos were shared between deputies as they played the "Call of Duty" video game, Li said in his opening statement.

Vanessa Bryant wiped away tears as Li described the way sheriff's deputies captured and shared the photos.

"They took pictures of broken bodies ... close-ups of limbs, of burnt flesh," the attorney said. "It shocks the conscience."

Surveillance footage played in court showed one of the deputies at a bar showing a photo to a bartender, who recoiled and turned away after seeing the image.

"Never in her worst nightmares did (Bryant) imagine that police and first responders would go -- and they would be the ones -- to take pictures of Kobe and Gianna's remains for no reason," Li said.

The attorney said county employees did not cause the...

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