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Journalist suspended after tweeting Kobe Bryant's rape case story hours after he died

Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash on Sunday [COURTESY]

A journalist has been suspended by her bosses after she tweeted a story about a rape case involving Kobe Bryant just hours after the basketball legend died in a helicopter crash.

Felicia Sonmez, who works for the Washington Post, sent out the tweet after the 41-year-old was killed alongside his daughter Gianna, 13, and seven others in the crash outside of Los Angeles.

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