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Kobe's Maid Sues -- It Was the Crappiest Job Ever

Kobe & VanessaKobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa are being sued by their former housekeeper, who claims Vanessa was incredibly abusive -- even demanding that she put her hand in a bag of dog feces to retrieve a tag from her blouse ... so Vanessa could deduct the cost of the blouse from the maid's salary!

Maria Jimenez claims Vanessa called her "lazy, slow, dumb, a f---ing liar, and f---ing sh-t."

In the lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Orange County, Jimenez claims Vanessa accused her of stealing her (mouth) retainer.

Jimenez says it got so bad -- Vanessa allegedly "badgered, harassed and humiliated Maria by yelling and screaming at Maria and criticizing her in front of Kobe, the Bryants' children, employees and other people in the household" -- she threatened to quit but Kobe talked her out of it.

The final straw: Vanessa went nuclear because Maria put an expensive blouse in the washer. Vanessa demanded that Maria put her hand in a bag of dog feces to retrieve the price tag for the blouse.

Maria says she wanted to quit and Vanessa responded that she "had to work until payday to pay for the $690 blouse, which she did."

Maria is suing for wrongful discharge, invasion of privacy and emotional distress and unpaid wages.



Tags: abuse, housekeeper, Kobe Bryant, KobeBryant, kobes wife, KobesWife, lawsuit, maid, Maria Jimenez, MariaJimenez, sued, Vanessa, vanessa bryant, VanessaBryant

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1. I can believe that. She probably has all sorts of issues!

Posted at 11:29AM on Mar 25th 2009 by Meg

2. This allegations are 100% true. Vanessa is an evil woman!

Posted at 11:30AM on Mar 25th 2009 by John

3. I can believe this...Vanessa doesn't seems like a biatch!

Posted at 6:49PM on Mar 25th 2009 by Kimmy

4. Kobe's wife is a punk a$$ biotch

Posted at 11:33AM on Mar 25th 2009 by jk

5. Not surprised. She doesn't come across friendly AT ALL!!!!

Posted at 11:35AM on Mar 25th 2009 by me33

6. Anyone who marries an NBA star is a cold-hearted gold-digging unbelievable bitch on wheels. There is no love in a relationship like that where they guy is off f*cking literally millions of women every night and she knows it but is only in it for the money anyway. The situation obviously attracts the nastiest and most vile bitches on the planet.

Posted at 11:37AM on Mar 25th 2009 by ginny

7. I totally believe this story. My friend worked at a Disneyland restaurant when Vanessa came in. When a waitor brought her soup they warned her it was very hot because she had her kid sitting in her lap. sure enough a little while later her kid touched the soup since she wasn't paying attention and immediately began crying. Vanessa called over the waitor and demanded he put his hand in the soup to see if it was too hot. The waitor told her "i'm sorry, but i'm not going to put my hand in the soup" she started screaming and yelling that he get his manager and saying "somebody is going to put their hand in this soup!!!" she's crazy.

Posted at 11:36AM on Mar 25th 2009 by Pam

8. eww if you're going to leave advertisements on here at least learn english, ass

Posted at 11:45AM on Mar 25th 2009 by ginny

9. That Bitch has nasty ass teefs, instead of wasting money on cloths, she should get that mug fixed.

Posted at 11:37AM on Mar 25th 2009 by Sal

10. I totally believe this story. My friend worked at a Disneyland restaurant when Vanessa came in. When the waitor brought over her soup they warned her that it was very hot since she had her kid sitting on her lap. Sure enough, a little while later the kid put his hand in the soup when she wasn't paying attention and began crying immediately. She called over the waitor and demanded he put his hand in the soup to see that it was too hot. he replyed with "i'm sorry ma'am, i'm not putting my hand in your soup" She started screaming and yelling for his manager saying "Somebody's going to put their hand in this soup!!" She's crazy.

Posted at 11:40AM on Mar 25th 2009 by Pam

11. I must admit if my husband raped a girl I'd be long gone and wouldn't stand beside him, 5 million ring or not. Gold digger scum sucker is all Vanessa is.

Posted at 11:39AM on Mar 25th 2009 by teri

12. i dont doubt the story.

Posted at 11:41AM on Mar 25th 2009 by aahhhhshucks

13. i've seen this lady out mant times, she's a great cleaner and maid.

Posted at 11:44AM on Mar 25th 2009 by artie help

14. well if my husband raped women and got off for because he his a sports star I would be psycho at any woman in my house

Posted at 11:46AM on Mar 25th 2009 by qtpie

15. If this story is true, it was good the maid got out and didn't buy into the madness just because those two (well, Kobe anyway) is famous. But, how in the world did tag for a blouse get into the dog poo?????? Instead of working off the shirt, she should have apologized and quit then. Why do that to yourself? I will pray the maid finds a better job. And I almost hope she does win a lawsuit against that woman.

Posted at 11:47AM on Mar 25th 2009 by Thomas

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