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 Aug 10th 2009 8:30AM by TMZ Staff
Kobe Bryant visited the Louvre in France on Sunday with his wife and kids.
Filed under: Kobe Bryant, Exclusives
Tags: kobe bryant, KobeBryant, louvre, mona lisa, MonaLisa, paris
Posted Aug 9th 2009 8:36AM by TMZ Staff
Shaquille O'Neal returned to his car -- after enjoying a fine meal at Subway -- to find a magazine with Kobe Bryant on the cover stuck to his windshield.
Feud's over people, move on.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Celebrity Feuds, Shaq Attack, Kobe Bryant
Tags: kobe bryant, KobeBryant, shaq, slam
Posted Jul 7th 2009 11:28AM by TMZ Staff
Reverend Al Sharpton and Kobe Bryant together inside Staples Center at Michael Jackson's memorial.
Filed under: Michael Jackson, Kobe Bryant
Tags: Kobe Bryant, KobeBryant, memorial, Michael Jackson, MichaelJackson, Rev Al Sharpton, RevAlSharpton, staples center, StaplesCenter
Posted Jun 17th 2009 4:59PM by TMZ Staff
Kobe Bryant just made us eat a fat spoonful of our own words -- after we were dumb enough to throw the following line in our LeBron James post this morning:
"For the record -- you won't see Kobe Bryant wearing a shirt with his individual accomplishments plastered on the front of it during his championship parade today -- he's gonna let the trophy do the talking."
It's Kobe. We should have known better.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Kobe Bryant
Tags: kobe bryant, KobeBryant, lebron james, LebronJames
Posted Jun 15th 2009 12:49AM by TMZ Staff
While the Shaq-less Los Angeles Lakers enjoy the sweet taste of victory -- there's a 7-foot trash-talkin' ex-teammate who knows he's got a big helpin' of "Kobe Bryant's ass" comin' his way.
Check out the message Shaquille O'Neal just posted on his Twitter page ... spelling errors and all:
Congratualtions kobe, u deserve it. You played great . Enjoy it my man enjoy it. And I know what yur sayin rt now "Shaq how my ass taste "
Obviously, this stems from Shaq's incredible rendition of "Kobe How My Ass Taste" -- a freestyle rap he dropped when Kobe and the Lake Show lost in the NBA Finals last year.
For the record -- that song ruled.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Shaq Attack, Kobe Bryant
Tags: kobe bryant, KobeBryant, los angeles lakers, LosAngelesLakers, shaq, shaquille oneal, ShaquilleOneal
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 Jun 6th 2009 2:20AM by TMZ Staff
Kobe Bryant's maid wants to make one thing clear: It's her lawsuit and she can talk about the details if she wants to.
Maria Jimenez just filed papers in Orange County Superior Court, citing California's anti-SLAPP statute which says Maria has the right to run her mouth, despite a confidentiality agreement she signed with the Bryants back when she first took the job.
The Bryants filed papers last month saying the opposite -- that Maria could sue but couldn't blab to the press.
Maria is suing the Bryants because she claims Kobe's wife was abusive -- including a nasty incident involving dog poop.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Kobe Bryant
Tags: kobe bryant, KobeBryant, lawsuit
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
