Vanessa Bryant Awarded $1.5 Million In Kobe’s BodyArmor Lawsuit

Vanessa Bryant won a lawsuit against the former president of her late husband Kobe Bryant’s business empire, who allegedly made a number of “offensive” comments about the Bryant family and claimed the late NBA star had promised her a cut of a large investment he made in the sports drink company BodyArmor.

Court documents reviewed by PEOPLE show that Vanessa, 41, was awarded $1.5 million in attorney fees in a lawsuit against former Kobe Inc. president Molly Carter.

In 2013, Kobe invested a whopping $6 million for a 10% interest in the sports drink company.  Several years later, the company sold to Coca-Cola for $5.6 BILLION and Kobe’s investment reportedly netted him $400 million.

In 2019, six months before Kobe was killed in a tragic helicopter accident, the President of Kobe Inc., Molly Carter, claimed Kobe promised her 2% of his cut. Kobe called BS on her, saying he never made such a promise.

Molly sued, and Vanessa picked up the mantle and not only defended the case, she filed her own counterclaim, alleging Molly violated the duty of loyalty and the non-disparagement clause in her employment contract by trash-talking Kobe and his family.

As for the alleged trash-talking … Vanessa claimed she referred to Kobe as an “asshole,” a “douche nugget,” and a “dick wad.” She says Molly called her the “f***ing devil,” “bitch” and PSYCHO,” even mocking Vanessa’s newborn as having “botox lips.”

Vanessa says while Molly was working for the company, she was permitted to travel to an NBA All-Star game and on the jet she groused, there were “a lot of fancy-ass Black people” on the plane.

The case went to arbitration and Vanessa prevailed on both the lawsuit and her counterclaim and was awarded more than $1.5 mil in attorney’s fees.
Y’all, Vanessa doesn’t play about her family! 

Congratulations, Queen!