Vanessa Bryant Trivias

Vanessa's parents Stephen & Sofia filed for bankruptcy in 2000. Kobe (and Vanessa) helped them out with cash and gifts worth more than $500,000. Stephen Laine said Kobe and Vanessa lavished his wife with surprise gifts : a house full of furniture; a Mercedes-Benz S-500; $120000 in cash; payment of phone/dental/credit card bills; payoff of their $230,000 mortgage and two car loans

Stephen and Sofia filed for divorce in July of 2002.

Vanessa Bryant is the only person in the world to own an automatic Lamborghini Murcielago. For her 19th birthday (May 5 '01) 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 adaptor for the transmission installed. The estimated cost of the car after conversion and customisation 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.

She is 5 ft 5 in and weighs 125lbs