‘RHOC’ Star Shannon Beador Mourns The Loss Of Daughter’s Basketball Coach, Who Was Killed In Kobe Bryant Crash

Shannon Beador took to Instagram to announce that her family was personally affected by the recent helicopter crash in Los Angeles that tragically took the life of legendary basketball player Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others. Shortly after the deaths of nine people were confirmed — including the pilot of the helicopter, Ara Zobayan — the Real Housewives of Orange County cast member revealed that one of the women involved in the crash, Christina Mauser, coached her three daughters, Sophia, Stella, and Adeline, during their middle school years.

Along with a throwback photo of Mauser with her kids, as well as several other students, Beador praised Mauser as an “incredible coach” and “amazing influence” on her three kids and mentioned that Mauser was an amazing mother to her own three children, including the two sons and one daughter she shared with her husband, musician Matt Mauser.

Beador also sent her sympathies and prayers to Matt and the rest of the family.

“[Christina] was an incredible woman. All of my girls adored her,” Beador added in a comment.

Just before sharing her throwback photo of her daughters with their late coach, Beador shared a separate post that included a photo of Bryant and his daughter watching a basketball game. In the caption, Beador said Gianna was an incredible basketball player and added that it was a “privilege” to watch her being coached by her father.

“My girls and our community are heartbroken,” she shared.

At the time of her passing, Mauser was an assistant coach for Bryant’s Mamba Sports Academy’s basketball team.

In addition to the aforementioned names, five other victims have been identified as John, Keri and Alyssa Altobelli and Sarah and Payton Chester. All nine people aboard the helicopter were killed.

As The Inquisitr previously reported, Bryant and the other passengers were on their way to Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, California, for a basketball game when his helicopter crashed into a mountain.

Although an investigation into the crash is ongoing, there have been multiple reports regarding dense fog in the area, which resulted in many planes and other aircraft being grounded that morning. According to The U.S. Sun, the pilot of the helicopter, who was said to be relying on his own sight to fly the helicopter, received a warning from air traffic control moments prior to the crash to inform him that he was flying “too low.”