What You Didn't Know About Vanessa Bryant, Kobe Bryant's Widow

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Vanessa and Kobe Bryant are one of the best-known couples in the United States in recent years. Together they have gone through highs and lows in a relationship of more than 12 years.

But what do we know about Mrs. Bryant? Here are some interesting facts about the future mother.

It is of Mexican origin

Vanessa Cornejo Ubrieta was born in Huntington Beach, California and her parents are of Mexican origin. The girl took the surname Laine when her mother married her stepfather: Stephen Laine.

He met Kobe when he was a student

Vanessa, then 17, met the star player of the LA Lakers - who was then 20 years old - while she was a high school student at the Marina HIgh School in Huntington Beach, California. The pair met in 1999 when she participated as a dancer in a music video. The attraction between them was instantaneous.

Kobe's parents did not approve of the wedding

The couple announced their wedding engagement at Vanessa's 18th birthday party and they were married by the Catholic Church in April 2001. The player's parents did not attend. It was speculated that they did not approve of the relationship because Vanessa was Latina. The parents admitted that they did not like the marriage. "It's his life," said Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, father of the player and former NBA star, after the nuptials. However, in recent years, the family seems to have smoothed out the rough edges over the birth of Bryant's two daughters: Gianna - who died alongside Kobe - and Natalia.

Kobe's parents did not approve of the wedding

The couple announced their wedding engagement at Vanessa's 18th birthday party and they were married by the Catholic Church in April 2001. The player's parents did not attend. It was speculated that they did not approve of the relationship because Vanessa was Latina. The parents admitted that they did not like the marriage. "It's his life," said Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, father of the player and former NBA star, after the nuptials. However, in recent years, the family appears to have ironed out rough edges over the birth of Bryant's two daughters: Gianna and Natalia.

3) She has defended her husband thick and thin

In 2003, the athlete was accused of raping a 19-year-old girl who worked as a hotel employee in Eagle, Colorado. The case was dissolved the following year when she refused to testify. Bryant admitted having had sex with the young woman but that nothing had "been done against [the girl's] will." Throughout the process, Vanessa Bryant supported her husband. "You are my blessing. You are a piece of my heart. The air I breathe (…) I feel that you have to go through all this and that we have to make our family go through this, "said the lady in statements collected by People.

…. And he apologized with a gift of art to the family, and that she has boasted on social networks, despite being a fairly private woman.

4) lost a baby

In the spring of 2005, Vanessa lost a baby due to having an ectopic pregnancy, a dangerous condition that can threaten the life of mother and son.

She was sued (successfully) by her maid

In 2009, the couple was sued by a domestic worker because she was allegedly humiliated and verbally abused by Vanessa when she worked at her home on the Newport coast. In the end, María Jiménez (name of the plaintiff) won the case with an agreement that allowed her to go home with the nickname Vanessa) announced that she had suspended the process. "We are very pleased to announce that we have reconciled," she said on her Instagram account. “Our divorce action was dissolved. We hope for a future together. " According to People, the divorce would have cost Bryant, who has no prenuptial agreement with his wife, $ 75 million.