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The brother of pilot Ara Zobayan has responded to Vanessa Bryant's wrongful death lawsuit, claiming that Kobe Bryant and other passengers were responsible for their fatal Jan. 26 helicopter crash.

It's been almost three months since Vanessa Bryant filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company that owned the helicopter that crashed while carrying Kobe Bryant, Gianna Bryant and seven others. Now, a representative for the helicopter pilot has issued a response.

Stars are coming out in droves to the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Monday for the «Celebration of Life for Kobe and Gianna Bryant» service, honoring the former L.A. Lakers star and his 13-year-old daughter.

The pilot of a helicopter that crashed into a Southern California hillside, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, was reprimanded five years ago for flying without permission into airspace while he had reduced visibility, according to a Federal Aviation Administration enforcement record.

Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna Bryant, are being remembered in an event that will touch fans around the world.

Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna Bryant, are being remembered in an event that will touch fans around the world.

Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant are at peace.

The pilot of the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant and eight others was almost out of blinding clouds when he suddenly plunged and crashed into a Southern California hillside, investigators and aviation experts indicated.Ara Zobayan had told air traffic control he was climbing to 4,000 feet (1,219 meters) and he rose to 2,300 feet (701 meters), according to an investigative update released Friday from the National Transportation Safety Board.The helicopter was just 100 feet (30

The victims of Sunday's devastating helicopter crash are being remembered.

The helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant didn’t have a recommended warning system to alert the pilot he was too close to land, but it’s not clear it would have averted the crash that killed nine as the aircraft plummeted toward a fog-shrouded hillside, federal regulators and experts said.Pilot Ara Zobayan had been climbing out of the clouds when the aircraft banked left and began a sudden and terrifying 1,200-foot (366-meter) descent that lasted nearly a minute.“This is a pretty steep descent at

For Kylie Jenner, the shocking helicopter crash that claimed the life of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others, is particularly painful and frightening.

Kylie Jenner took to Instagram to pay tribute to Kobe Bryant, his daughter and the other seven victims who were killed in the tragic helicopter crash on Sunday 26 January.The 22 year old told her followers that she has flown on the same helicopter and it has been revealed that she rented it last November for her niece Dream's third birthday.

Heartbroken. Kylie Jenner mourned the death of the helicopter pilot who died alongside Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and six others in a fatal crash on Sunday, January 26.

Kobe Bryant's former helicopter pilot remembers him as «gracious» and «professional.» 

Ara Zobayan is dead after a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on Jan. 26.