Vanessa Bryant and Molly Carter.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/Getty, Noam Galai/WireImage
Jon Kopaloff/Getty, Noam Galai/WireImage
Kobe and 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryantdied in a helicopter crashin early 2020. Six family friends also died in the crash that killed the 41-year-old NBA hall of famer.
Vanessa’s lawyers made the court filing Monday in the Orange County Superior Court, asking a judge to approve an arbitrator’s decision to award Kobe’s widow the attorney fees.
The dispute between the late NBA star and his company’s former president dates back several years and continued into the final weeks of his life, according to the filing.
Vanessa Bryant.Araya Doheny/Getty
Araya Doheny/Getty
“Kobe Bryant never made any such promise,” Vanessa’s lawsuit claims. “In reality, Carter repeatedly demanded an equity interest in BodyArmor, and Mr. Bryant continuously rejected all of her demands.”
Molly Carter.Noam Galai/WireImage
Noam Galai/WireImage
The lawsuit alleges that at one point, Kobe even “scoffed” at Carter’s request for a cut of his profit and said she did not “deserve” the money.
According to the lawsuit, Carter had called Kobe “f—ing insane” and a “douche.” Once while referring to one of Kobe’s newborn babies, according to the lawsuit, Carter had asked a friend if the child had “botox lips.” In another instance while Carter was on a trip to an NBA All-Star game, the lawsuit alleges she “complained” that there were “a lot of fancy a– black people” on the plane.
The lawsuit also alleges that Carter “repeatedly denigrated Chinese and Asian people.”
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Kobe Bryant family.Kobe Bryant/Instagram
Vanessa’s attorneys filed the court documents Monday asking a judge to approve the award, and putting an end to the dispute with Carter, who was the president of the NBA star’s company from 2015 until September 2020.
source: people.com
