All posts containing the tag: "vanessa bryant"
Posted Sep 23rd 2009 2:45PM by TMZ Staff
Kobe Bryant will be front and center at the Lamar Odom/Khloe Kardashian nuptials this Sunday ... which means Vanessa and her $4 million ring may have a few pointers for the bride.
In fact, Lamar's rep tells TMZ all the players are planning to attend, but there are still a few question marks. Several have not RSVP'd -- Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum and Jordan Farmar.
Can't blame the non-committals ... it is last minute, after all.
Filed under: Hook-Ups, Talk Sports, Kobe Bryant, Exclusives, The Kardashians
Tags: andrew bynum, AndrewBynum, jordan farmar, JordanFarmar, khloe kardashian, KhloeKardashian, kobe bryant, KobeBryant, l.a. lakers, L.a.Lakers, lakers, lamar odom, LamarOdom, los angeles lakers, LosAngelesLakers, pau gasol, PauGasol, vanessa bryant, VanessaBryant
Posted Aug 21st 2009 5:00PM by TMZ Staff
Kobe Bryant and his wife have filed legal papers, claiming they have the poop on the lawsuit their former housekeeper filed against them.
The housekeeper, Maria Jimenez, claims Kobe's wife Vanessa was incredibly abusive and disrespectful -- screaming and swearing at her, even forcing her to put her hand in a bag of dog feces to retrieve a tag from her blouse.
In Kobe's docs, he and Vanessa say they paid the maid $50,000 a year, gave her time off, lavished her with gifts, yada yada.
The Bryants say the maid ate meals with them and when she asked for time off to visit her family in Peru, Vanessa gave her a paid leave of absence.
Kobe's response to the lawsuit claims all the allegations the maid is making are false, that she wasn't wrongfully fired, and the notion that her privacy was violated because of home security cameras is ridiculous -- the maid knew cameras were rolling.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Talk Sports, Kobe Bryant, Exclusives
Tags: kobe bryant, KobeBryant, lawsuit, los angeles lakers, LosAngelesLakers, maid, maria jimenez, MariaJimenez, vanessa bryant, VanessaBryant
Posted Jun 8th 2009 2:30AM by TMZ Staff
As Kobe Bryant is poised to win an NBA title, his attorneys are gunning for a legal victory that would prevent his former maid from blabbing to the media.
Kobe and his wife are locked in a legal battle with Maria Jimenez -- who just filed papers essentially asking for the green light so she can spill secrets about the Bryants to the media ... despite the fact she signed a confidentiality agreement with them when she was hired.
Jimenez is suing the Bryants, claiming Kobe's wife Vanessa was abusive, even ordering her to dig deep into dog poop.
But Kobe's attorney tells us Jimenez is dreaming if she thinks the confidentiality agreement isn't binding. Attorney Doug Mirell says the agreement is solid as a rock.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Kobe Bryant
Tags: anti-SLAPP, dog poop, DogPoop, kobe bryant, KobeBryant, lawsuit, maid, maria jimenez, MariaJimenez, SLAPP, vanessa bryant, VanessaBryant
Posted May 23rd 2009 12:45PM by TMZ Staff
Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa have filed a cross-complaint against their former maid -- but all they really want is for her to keep her mouth shut.
According to court docs filed yesterday, the Bryants fully acknowledge Maria Jimenez's right to battle them in court -- although they say her claims of abuse are "without merit." What the Bryants are really concerned with is the confidentiality agreement they claim Jimenez signed when she was hired in 2007 -- which prevents her from talking to the press and other third parties.
The Bryants feel, according to the docs, that Jimenez's press tour following her lawsuit is in violation of that agreement.
Jimenez is suing the Bryants, specifically claiming Vanessa was incredibly abusive -- even demanding that she put her hand in a bag of dog feces to retrieve a tag from her blouse
They are all due back in court in July.
UPDATE: William Vogeler, potential Kobe-stopper and lawyer for Maria Jimenez has just released an exclusive statement to TMZ.
"The Bryants claim that they treated Maria Jimenez with the utmost respect, yet they want to silence her from talking about it. Fortunately, my client has a First Amendment right to talk about how they treated her.
Ultimately, a judge and jury will decide what really happened in the Bryant's home, And the last time I checked, the court is open to the public."
Filed under: Talk Sports, Kobe Bryant
Tags: kobe bryant, KobeBryant, lakers, lawsuit, maid, vanessa bryant, VanessaBryant
Posted May 9th 2009 2:00AM by TMZ Staff
Remember the maid who claims Kobe's wife, Vanessa Bryant, was a super-bitch to her, allegedly ordering her to root around a poop-filled trash -- well the State board that handles unemployment claims has just ruled the maid is entitled to collect unemployment insurance.
The Bryant's allegedly forced the lady to quit, then tried to block her from collecting unemployment. They have denied the maid's claims, which include badgering, harassing and humiliating her.
The Unemployment Board concluded the maid "voluntarily left the employment because her immediate supervisor [Vanessa] repeatedly addressed her in a disrespectful and assaulting tone, and required her to perform tasks that were repugnant and demeaning."
The final straw -- the maid ruined a blouse by throwing it in the wash, and Vanessa allegedly made her go in a poop-laden trash can to find the receipt so Vanessa could deduct that amount from her paycheck. That's steamy cold!
UPDATE: Kobe Bryant's lawyer has issued an appeal to the Unemployment board, disputing all allegations and claiming the Bryant's maid quit for her own personal reasons, and not because she was mistreated.
Filed under: Kobe Bryant
Tags: Kobe Bryant, KobeBryant, maid, Maria Jimenez, MariaJimenez, Vanessa bryant, VanessaBryant
Posted Mar 30th 2009 9:10AM by TMZ Staff
Kobe's wife Vanessa Bryant doesn't give a crap about the maid accusing her of dog poop style abuse -- she claims her lawyers are on that case like flies on ... well, you know.
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Kobe Bryant
Tags: Kobe Bryant, KobeBryant, maid, vanessa bryant, VanessaBryant, video, wife
Posted Mar 28th 2009 10:06AM by TMZ Staff
Kobe Bryant and wifey Vanessa were in NYC yesterday ... and clever Kobe found a way to block any question about that pesky lawsuit filed against them by a former housekeeper.
The maid accused Vanessa of being a super-bitch, screaming and yelling at her, and even allegedly forcing her to root around a trash can filled with dog poop so she could retrieve a receipt from a blouse the maid ruined.
Vanessa allegedly deducted the amount of the blouse from the maid's paycheck. Kobe and Vanessa say the maid is delusional and the allegations are a pack of lies.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Talk Sports, Kobe Bryant
Tags: kobe bryant, KobeBryant, kobes maid, KobesMaid, lawsuit, nba, vanessa bryant, VanessaBryant
Posted Mar 25th 2009 5:49PM by TMZ Staff
Kobe and Vanessa Bryant are striking back at the maid who accused Vanessa of various abuse on the job -- including an alleged incident where the maid was forced to stick her hand into a bag of dog crap.
The Bryant's lawyers, Loeb & Loeb LLP, just released the following statement on behalf of the couple:
We have learned that a former employee of the Bryants, Maria Jimenez, has filed a complaint against our clients. Ms. Jimenez's outrageous allegations of improper conduct are totally unfounded and patently false. The Bryants intend to vigorously defend against these untruthful allegations and are confident that the baseless nature of the allegations will be proven.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Kobe Bryant
Tags: kobe bryant, KobeBryant, lawsuit, lawyers, Loeb Loeb, LoebLoeb, maria jimenez, MariaJimenez, statement, sued, vanessa bryant, VanessaBryant
Posted Mar 25th 2009 11:25AM by TMZ Staff
Kobe 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.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Kobe Bryant
Tags: abuse, housekeeper, Kobe Bryant, KobeBryant, kobes wife, KobesWife, lawsuit, maid, Maria Jimenez, MariaJimenez, sued, Vanessa, vanessa bryant, VanessaBryant
Posted Sep 10th 2008 8:31AM by TMZ Staff
Look at that sparkly new bling on Kobe Bryant's wife, Vanessa. Who's been a bad, bad boy?
Filed under: Talk Sports, Kobe Bryant
Tags: kobe bryant, KobeBryant, vanessa bryant, VanessaBryant, video
Posted Sep 3rd 2007 4:09PM by TMZ Staff
Kobe Bryant is known for being a tough competitor -- but in the club?!
Basketballin' Bryant and his wife, Vanessa, were at Friday night's grand opening of BLUSH Boutique Nightclub at the Wynn in Las Vegas, when he saw poker player Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari kick in for two bottles of $1,400 Cristal champagne. According to sources inside the club, Kobe wasn't about to be shown up by some puny little card player -- and kicked in for five bottles. Antonio, who's used to upping the ante, then switched his order to ten! Go big or go home!
Kobe ended the competition when he purchased an astounding 15 bottles -- and then left the club! Just to put Bryant's baller status into perspective -- Kobe's $21,000 bill still doesn't cover what NBA and gambling legend Charles Barkley drops on one hand of blackjack!
Filed under: Hot Vegas, Kobe Bryant
Tags: Kobe Bryant, KobeBryant, Las Vegas, LasVegas, party, Vanessa Bryant, VanessaBryant, Wynn
Posted Aug 29th 2007 5:19PM by TMZ Staff
Kobe Bryant has been in Las Vegas playing for the USA basketball team, and shockingly enough, he and his main piece look rather happy. 8-carat purple diamonds are forever!
TMZ obtained this photo at the celeb-packed UFC fight over the weekend, where Kobe and Vanessa look like they're havin' a blast. Kaboom!
Recent reports have suggested that the Bryants were having another spot of trouble in their marriage, but from the look of it, at least watching a fight is cheering them up!
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, Talk Sports, Kobe Bryant
Tags: Kobe Bryant, KobeBryant, Las Vegas, LasVegas, USA Basketball, UsaBasketball, Vanessa Bryant, VanessaBryant
Posted Aug 9th 2007 9:38AM by TMZ Staff
Basketball superstar and former adulterer Kobe Bryant sent a strong message to people questioning the status of his marriage -- by taking his wife Vanessa out in style last night.
TMZ cameras caught the Bryants big ballin' their way out of Koi -- in a clean white Bentley -- clearly trying to show that all is well in marraigeland. The couple came under fire after breakup rumors burned up the Internet this week, which Kobe strenuously denied.
The best defense is a good offense -- on and off the court. And in court!
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, Kobe Bryant
Tags: kobe bryant, KobeBryant, Vanessa Bryant, VanessaBryant, video
Posted Apr 13th 2006 5:41PM by TMZ Staff
April 13, 2006 3:30PM ET
The Los Angeles Lakers hosted the 3rd Annual Mirage Las Vegas Casino Night Bodog Celebrity Poker Invitational benefiting the Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation. The event brought out Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant (with his very pregnant wife Vanessa), as well celebrity poker fans Paris Hilton, Josh Duhamel and Shannon Elizabeth.
Filed under: Hot Vegas, Talk Sports, Kobe Bryant
Tags: Celebrity Poker, CelebrityPoker, Josh Duhamel, JoshDuhamel, Koby Bryant, KobyBryant, LA Lakers, LaLakers, Las Vegas, LasVegas, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation, LosAngelesLakers, LosAngelesLakersYouthFoundation, Paris Hilton, ParisHilton, Shannon Elizabeth, ShannonElizabeth, Vanessa Bryant, VanessaBryant
