Friday, December 16th, 2011 at 7:30 pm  |  105 responses

Report: Kobe Bryant’s Wife Vanessa Files for Divorce


According to TMZ, it might be splittsville for Kobe and the missus. Wow: “Sources connected with the couple tell TMZ … Vanessa — who stuck by Kobe after he was charged with sexually assaulting a Colorado woman in 2003 — decided to end the marriage because she believes Kobe has been unfaithful … again. As one source puts it, ‘She’s been dealing with these incidents for a long time and has been a faithful wife, but she’s finally had enough,’ adding, ‘This one is the straw that broke the camel’s back.’ And our sources say … Kobe ‘desperately’ wants to win Vanessa back and will do ‘whatever it takes’ to save their 10 1/2 year marriage. According to the legal docs, Vanessa is asking for joint custody of their 2 daughters — 8-year-old Natalia and 5-year-old Giana — but Vanessa is asking that Kobe get visitation rights, which means she wants the kids in her care most of the time. We’ve learned the couple has NO PRENUP, so 29-year-old Vanessa is entitled to half of the empire Kobe built over the last decade. She’s also requesting spousal support … which is typical in divorce cases. Kobe, who filed his response to the divorce minutes after Vanessa filed her petition, says he will pay her spousal support.”

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  • JR

    Good, no more distractions for the Mamba!

  • http://slamonline.com AllDayEveryDay

    bad things come in 3… no cp3… no vanessa… fuuuuuuuu

  • http://nyill.wordpress.com/ O

    Someone gimme her math. She’s hot and she’s about to be paid. The kid could use a sugar mama. Had this happened a few weeks ago she would’ve made my Smash List. Click on my name to see what i’m talkin’ about…

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Kobe might be a d*ck. But divorce sucks. Best to both of them if they can’t work things out. A word to Kobe, stop cheating homie…

  • DJ MBENGA

    If I could be like Mike . . . This shouldn’t be a surprise. Kobe’s been cheating, it was only a matter of time. One of Kobe’s lovers recently sued him because she said he promised to marry her. Regardless of whether or not that’s true (it probably isn’t), it still shows he’s gettin’ involved with crazy women.

  • rob stewart

    Money can’t buy you love or happiness

  • DuckTape The Mob

    Kobe bout to run thru hella hoes now

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    Damn. Not surprised. Hopefully doesn’t affect the season. Other than that this should be private stuff.

  • http://www.aol.com wagers

    I actually am surprised, you always saw her at all the games and stuff. Sucks they didn’t sign a prenup too, Vanessa is about to get PAID.

  • http://nyill.wordpress.com Enigmatic

    O promoting the site!
    However, after you click his name, or mine to see what he’s talkin bout. Scroll down to O’s Smash List. After that stick around a while.
    Anyways, yo Vanessa Bryant bout to be the richest Chicana….well, ever.
    Si se puede!

  • feez_22

    smh kobe about to lose half his sh*t. After hearing that kobe has a son in italy well… this was bound to happen.

  • http://www.pisforprops.com jarrett

    if u’ve been my wife for 10 years and got both my kids, and i’ve been cheating, yea u deserve half

  • CARTEL

    i dnt understand how wealthy dudes are still getting married with no prenup!!!!!

  • alphabeta

    Hey, Kobe….
    Who’s this? Tiger.
    Would you like to come to my Tiger Invitational Golf Challenge…
    What’s that?
    It’s where we tag team and run through 18 hoes…….i mean holes.
    Count me in dawg…..i’m about to be divorced.

  • http://wikipedia.org Eddie1

    Illuminati!!! When will yall leave my boy mamba alone? You swept the leg then you laid an egg (Lamar) and now you break the peg. WHY?

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    Co-sign nbk… This really is no one else’s business.

  • http://www.slamonline.com PapaDuck

    Kobe has to give her half of his rings…. now she bout to have more rings than Lebron

  • http://www.slamonline.com Nick Tha Quick

    Eboy just broke out the cigars. Like NBK said, not surprised, if it doesn’t affect his game, private business.

  • IAMORANGE4EVER

    Divorce is hard enough as it is, but even more so during the holidays. I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. Hopefully it’s an amicable split.

  • IAMORANGE4EVER

    LOL @PapaDuck

  • http://thahiphopcorner.com Kevin

    LMAO stupid, just downright stupid. Vanessa on the phone with Juanita right now lol. And he didnt have a pre-nup, she taking half of EVERYTHING. How dumb can he be?

  • Ashley

    DAMN SHE IS ABOUT TO BE PAID!!!!!!!!!

  • http://cnbc.com JTaylor21

    NO Prenup? Kobe, you know you done f*cked up, don’t you? You know it, don’t you? You know you done f*cked up *Bill Duke in Menace II Society*

  • lexluther757

    She’s a Clippers fan now

  • Shecky Shabazz

    ^You gotta cross your legs and point when you say that

  • Shecky Shabazz

    that last comment was @JTaylor 21

  • Jose

    Lakers are in for a long (Shortened) Season

  • tin

    should’ve got that insured geico for your money-money :)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwNcNOTVzY&ob=av2e

  • Albie1kenobi

    The lack of prenup was the exact reason Kobe and his dad’s relationship got icy. Proves that sometimes you should listen to your parents.

  • http://www.facebook.com/joe.l.brewer3 BlackPhantom

    *sigh* oh well, I hope Kobe is able to recover. Good luck to him.

  • sun-e

    I’m all for keeping people’s private lives private. What’s debatable, though, is whether or not a divorce like this will have an impact on a player’s game. Kobe, at least from an outsider’s perspective, seems to have a great relationship with his daughters. They’re still pretty young, and I’m sure he’s gotta feel bad about them having to go through this. Still, Kobe is one of the mentally tougher guys in the league, so maybe he’ll be able to block everything out once he’s on the court. Best of luck to him, his wife and especially his kids.

  • http://www.michaelcho.com m cho

    Well I’m guessing Karl Malone will pick her up on the waiver wire.

  • http://shinefluid@aol.com yada

    SHE DONT SESERVE NO DAMN HALF!! lol that ish kills me. she pose get paid for what? being a mother? sitting at home?

  • http://www.slamonline.com Nick Tha Quick

    Latest reports say that David Stern has vetoed the divorce citing “marriage reasons”.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Tarzan Cooper

    M cho wins! Damn kobe, why would you do things to lose a great home?

  • Tofu

    man…when are guys gonna learn..prenup man prenup!!! dunno why you’d wanna give half to ya wife when don’t even do it for ya mom

  • LaKid

    While divorce is terrible, I gotta say, Kobe is going to be a bad man this year. He isn’t one to let things get to him, so with this CP3 veto, CP3 to Clippers trade, an aging roster, no Lamar, now a divorce, you know he is going to be looking to take some heads off.

  • http://www.boogiewilliams.com Boing Dynasty

    LOL.

  • http://www.boogiewilliams.com Boing Dynasty

    LOL.

  • http://www.kb24.com The Seed

    If Kobe continued to cheat on his wife, he did it to himself, to bad he will regret it when he is tired of running around with loose easy women only after his name. Kobe needs another ring to heal him from this pain. BOOK IT!!

  • mclfy

    Should have listened to Kanye when he said” if you aint no punk Holla we want prenup” guess kobe is a punk. Mamba is still going to get us back to the Finals……. I hope.

  • http://nyill.wordpress.com/ O

    Enig! You know the deal! LOL @ “Si se puede!” LOLOL. On a serious note, I don’t get men who constantly cheat on their women and then beg and “do anything” to get them back. All you had to do was not stick your d*ck in someone else. That’s ALL you had to do.

  • RunNGun

    Vanessa… is hot stuff. I’m getting in line.

  • http://cnbc.com JTaylor21

    *Married 2001
    *Divorced 2011
    *California’s alimony law on marriages of 10+ yrs
    *Do the math

  • robb

    The timing couldn’t be worse. This is a complot.

  • STR8jckn

    HALF!!!

    *Eddie Murphey voice*

  • Eddie Gee

    Kobe is stupid on the court. I’m not talking basketball court…
    He is a genious there of course but come on… calmate (since somenone started that spanish si se pude stuff) come on TIGER. all right im done…DANG MR WOODS!!!

  • http://slamonline.com Tae

    Hold yo head my dude. Its a big piece of him that might be leavin, thats 10 plus years gone, n tha fu*ked up part is i bet he really does love her. It aint worth it yall. Dont cheat

  • http://www.twitter.com/_dfrance dfrance21

    Can’t really feel bad for Kobe. She took him back after the first fiasco when a lot of chics, being humiliated on a public stage like that, would have left. Then he reportedly cheats again. And even if he loses of the say 200 million he’s got, he’s still got 100 million. I only feel bad for those kids who have to deal with this crap a week before Christmas.

  • http://slamonline.com The Philosopher

    So, THAT’S why Kobe’s balding!

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