A U.S. district judge has ruled that the names of Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies who allegedly shared photos of human remains at the site of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and other victims can be released to the NBA stars widow, Vanessa Bryant.

Judge John F. Walter ruled Monday that the attorneys protecting the deputies identities failed to demonstrate compelling reasons to keep their names under seal. This allows them to be added to a lawsuit that Vanessa Bryant has filed against the county and its sheriffs department over the crash that killed her husband, the couples daughter and seven others.

Although the Court recognizes that this case has been the subject of public scrutiny and media attention and that the Deputy Defendants are legitimately concerned that they will encounter vitriol and social media attacks, such concerns, by themselves, are not sufficient to outweigh the publics strong interest in access, wrote Walter.

Vanessa Bryant expressed her gratitude in a statement posted to Instagram following news of the judges ruling, which the county has four days to appeal.