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Vanessa Cornejo Ubrieta Laine Bryant (born Vanessa Cornejo Ubrieta May 5, 1982) is the wife of NBA star Kobe Bryant. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... “NBA” redirects here. ... Kobe Bryant (born August 23, 1978) is an American All-Star shooting guard in the National Basketball Association who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. ...

Biography

Vanessa was born in Pomona, California. Sophie(Vanessa's older sister) and Vanessa's parents divorced when Vanessa was just a baby, after which her father moved to Baja, Mexico.^[1] Sofia raised her daughters alone until 1990, when she married Stephen Laine. In high school Vanessa legally changed her family name to Laine even though Stephen never adopted Vanessa.

The Laines lived in Anaheim and Temecula before moving to Garden Grove, where they bought a four-bedroom house. Vanessa graduated from St. Boniface parochial school in 1996, and Laine used his father's Huntington Beach address to get Vanessa into his alma mater, Marina High School. Vanessa wanted to attend Marina High to be with her stepfather's nieces, because she was very close to them.^[1]

Meeting Kobe Bryant

Vanessa met Kobe Bryant in November 1999, when she was 18, while she was working as a background dancer in the video G'd Up from the rap group Tha Eastsidaz.^[2] Bryant was in the building working on his album, which was never released.^{[citation needed]} Tha Eastsidaz is a rap group made up of Snoop Dogg,Tray Deee, & Goldie Loc. ...

The two began dating and soon their relationship started getting attention from the media. The media attention proved too much for the school and it banned Bryant from the campus.^{[citation needed]} Bryant was also banned from attending Vanessa's prom and her graduation.^{[citation needed]}

Engagement and wedding

Kobe asked Vanessa to marry him in May 2000, after just 6 months of dating.^[2] Vanessa's engagement ring was 7 carats (1.4 g) and cost $100,000.^[3]

On April 18, 2001, 23 year old Kobe and 19 year old Vanessa were married at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Dana Point, California. There were only about 12 guests at the wedding. Neither Kobe's parents, nor his two sisters, nor his longtime adviser and agent Arn Tellem, nor Kobe's teammates attended.^[2] This disagreement resulted in an estrangement period of over two years, during which Kobe Bryant did not have any contact with his parents. is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Location of Dana Point within Orange County, California. ...

According to Vanessa's cousin Laila Laine, there was no prenuptial agreement: "She just came home one day and said something to the effect that Kobe didn't want a prenup... that he loved her too much for one."^[1] A prenuptial agreement or antenuptial agreement, commonly abbreviated to prenup or prenupt, is a contract entered into by two people prior to marriage or civil union. ...

After the wedding the couple drove away in Kobe's Ferrari. They moved into a $4.1 million mansion in Newport Beach, California.^{[citation needed]} Ferrari Enzo. ... Location of Newport Beach within Orange County, California. ...

Children

Vanessa gave birth to the couple's first daughter, Natalia Diamante Bryant, on Sunday January 19, 2003. After Natalia was born, Kobe and his parents reconciled. In April 2005, Vanessa suffered a miscarriage due to an ectopic pregnancy. On Monday May 1, 2006 their second daughter, Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant was born. January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Miscarriage or spontaneous abortion is the natural or accidental termination of a pregnancy at a stage where the embryo or the fetus is incapable of surviving, generally defined at a gestation of prior to 20 weeks. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sexual assault allegations

On July 4, 2003, Kobe was charged with raping a 19-year-old hotel worker in Eagle, Colorado. Vanessa remained supportive of her husband and proclaimed his innocence, in spite of Kobe's defense that the incident in Colorado was consensual, thus meaning at best he had committed adultery. Kobe bought Vanessa a $4 million 8 carat (1.6 g) purple diamond ring as a way to say he was sorry.^[4] Eventually the charges against Kobe were dropped. July 4, 2003 A Shia Muslim mosque in Quetta, Pakistan is stormed by armed attackers, killing at least 32 worshippers and wounding 52. ... Eagle is a town located in Eagle County, Colorado. ... Adultery is voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a partner other than the lawful spouse. ...

Currently

Kobe and Vanessa moved from the Los Angeles community of Pacific Palisades to the gated Newport Coast community of Ocean Ridge in Orange County. By coincidence, their new home was previously owned by Karl Malone's agent Dwight Manley. They decorated their home with things from their childhood: Kobe's Star Wars memorabilia and Vanessa's Disneyland memorabilia. In the backyard they put a replica of Hagrid's cottage from the Harry Potter movies. Pacific Palisades is a district within the U.S. city of Los Angeles, California, located between Brentwood to the east, Malibu to the west, Santa Monica to the southeast, the Santa Monica Bay to the southwest, and the Santa Monica Mountains to the north. ... Cities in Orange County Orange County is a county in Southern California, United States. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Star Wars is an epic space opera saga and a fictional universe initially developed by George Lucas during the 1970s and expanded since that time. ... Rubeus Hagrid (born December 6, year ca. ... This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ...

In 2003 Kobe and Vanessa also purchased a home for Vanessa's mother, Sofia Ubrieta just around the corner from their home so she could be closer to her grandchildren. Sofia's home is kept in Kobe and Vanessa's name so Sofia can claim no assets and continue to collect alimony from her ex-husband (Vanessa's step-father), Stephen Laine.^[1]

Trivia

• Vanessa Bryant is the only person in the world to own an automatic-only Lamborghini Murciélago. For her 19th birthday (May 5, 2001) Kobe gave her the car as a gift. According to car enthusiast magazine Dub, upon realizing Vanessa could not drive a manual transmission, Kobe had the car converted to an automatic by having a special adapter for the transmission installed. The estimated cost of the car after conversion and customization was $400,000.
• In November 2004, Vanessa accused Kobe's ex-teammate Karl Malone of flirting and making passes at her. Kobe even confronted him but Malone denied the accusations.
• In May 2005, Kobe surprised Vanessa with a $50,000 recommitment ceremony in Laguna Beach, California

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References

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