Following a legal struggle with the former president of Kobe Inc. over her late husband's interest in the sports drink firm BodyArmor, Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa Bryant has been granted $1.5 million in legal expenses.
According to TMZ, the dispute began in 2019, six months before Kobe's passing, when Molly Carter, the CEO of Kobe Inc., alleged that the basketball player had pledged to give her a share of the profits from his BodyArmor investment.
In 2013, Kobe invested $6 million for a 10% stake in BodyArmor, which Coca-Cola ultimately acquired for $5.6 billion. Kobe earned $400 million from his investment as a result of the sale.
When Molly claimed Kobe had promised her 2% of the $400, the controversy erupted.
Molly filed a lawsuit, and Vanessa stepped up to defend the case and even moved forward with a counterclaim against Molly accusing her of violating the duty of loyalty and non-disparagement clause she signed as part of her employment contract.
Vanessa accused Molly of violating the agreement by making fun of her family, and she included various examples of the ugly words allegedly said about Kobe and even herself.
Vanessa alleges Molly called Kobe ‘an a**hole’, a ‘dick wad’, and a ‘douche nugget.’ She also alleged Molly called her specifically the ‘f***ing devil’, ‘b**ch’, and ‘PSYCHO.’ Molly also allegedly said Vanessa’s newborn daughter had ‘botox lips.’
Vanessa also cited an alleged remark made by Molly when she was traveling to an NBA All-Star game during her employment. Molly allegedly groused ‘a lot of fancy-ass Black people’ were on the jet she was on.
Vanessa reigned victorious in the original lawsuit and her counterclaim after the case was taken to arbitration. She won $1.5 million in attorney’s fees.
Kobe died alongside his daughter Gianna, 13, in a tragic helicopter accident which killed all nine people on board in January 2020. He was 41.
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