GORY KOBE ’FESS

Cop’s crash pix

A Los Angeles County sheriff ’s deputy admitted in court Tuesday that he sent graphic photos of the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash site to a colleague while the two were playing “Call of Duty.”

Deputy Mike Russell made the shocking revelation while being questioned as part of a federal invasionof-privacy lawsuit filed by the NBA star’s widow, Vanessa Bryant (below).

“No, I don’t find dead bodies entertaining or amusing,” Russell said on the stand at one point during his testimony.

He recalled that the day after the Jan. 26, 2020, tragedy, he was playing the video game and decided to ask Santa Clarita deputy Ben Sanchez if he wanted to see images taken at the Calabasas, Calif., crash site.

When Sanchez told him yes, Russell, who was lounging on a recliner, said in court he texted him three or four images of the wreckage.

Admitting there was no legitimate reason to share the photos, Russell said he had made a “callous mistake.” Sanchez had no role in the investigation, he added.

He claimed he shared the photos “in order to get through the stresses of the day before.”

Russell testified that he had been sent the images by another deputy, Joey Cruz, who said on the stand Monday that he regretted sharing photos from the scene of the crash that killed the Lakers legend, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others.

Cruz wrapped up his testimony Tuesday, and admitted that he had also shown the images to a bartender at a local watering hole. But he denied showing other bar patrons Kobe Bryant’s torso on his cellphone.

Widow’s torment

Vanessa Bryant’s attorneys again played footage of Cruz at the Baja California Bar and Grill, scrolling through his phone and showing his bartender pal disturbing photos of body parts strewn across the hillside in Calabasas.

The video elicited the same emotional reaction from the grieving widow as when her lawyers first played it in court earlier in the trial, sending her out of the courtroom in tears.

Another deputy, Nicholas Bonelli, later took the stand, recalling how he spoke with Kobe Bryant’s assistant the morning of the crash.

Bonelli said the assistant had called to inquire if any accidents occurred because it was odd to not hear from Bryant after a short flight.

Meanwhile, Russell also acknowledged that a memo he had written contained five false statements, inone cluding assertion that he had deleted the photos.

No disciplinary acwas tion taken against Russell by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs’ office.