Against the background of legal affairs, Vanessa Bryant and her mother, Sofia Laine, had already engaged in a most virulent exchange a few weeks ago. Kobe’s widow has issued a new statement to address the situation, which is visibly getting worse.
Accused of having, among other things, kicked her own mother out of one of the family’s residences, and of having taken her car away, Vanessa Bryant had already responded firmly to his claim for damages. She did not change tone when returning to this affair on her Instagram story, this Thursday, and evoking the new elements.
My mother continues to try to find ways to financially extort my family and me. I supported her for almost twenty years, and she was never my personal assistant, neither Kobe’s, nor a nanny. I have always been a stay-at-home mom, and my husband and I looked after our daughters day and night.
For almost two decades, we made sure my mom lived in one of our nearby properties for free because she claimed she didn’t have the money to buy her own house. following her divorce. My husband and I thought it was better for her that she did not live with us.
She would watch our daughters every now and then, as most grandparents do. She didn’t have to deal with financial issues or expenses. She was a grandmother who lived off her stepson and me, at my request. Now she wants me to pay her $ 96 an hour for allegedly working 12 hours a day for 18 years and looking after her grandchildren.
In fact, she only occasionally looked after my oldest daughters when they were babies. Ten years ago our daughters were all college students and athletes, and I did not have any other children until 2016. His claims are obviously wrong, but I still tried repeatedly to work things out. things with my mother.
Contrary to what she says, I have never left my daughters since the accident, except to go to the cemetery and make some arrangements there. Earlier this year I was looking for a new home for her, and a week later she appeared on TV and gave an interview to denigrate our family and make false accusations while living for free in a safe neighborhood in Newport Coast.
Even after this betrayal, I was ready to provide him with monthly support for the rest of his life, and it was not enough. Instead, she contacted me through intermediaries (contrary to what she claims, my number hasn’t changed) and asked for $ 5 million, a house and a Mercedes SUV.
Because I didn’t give in to her threats and demands, she got out of control and made false and absurd accusations. She is now trying to get more money than my husband and I could pay for her needs during her lifetime. She doesn’t care how much this affects me and my kids.
She wants to live off my daughters and me for the rest of her life, while continuing to receive her ex-husband’s monthly pension since 2004. My husband and I have never discouraged or prevented her from supporting her- even to his needs. This complaint is futile, scandalous and extremely hurtful. My husband never promised my mom anything, and he would be so disappointed with her behavior and lack of empathy.
More and more scandalized and touched by the actions of her mother, Vanessa Bryant tries once again to defend herself against the incriminations of the latter. The disappearance of Kobe definitely leaves indelible traces in the lives of those close to him.
