Feb 20, 2020 · Vanessa became engaged to Kobe just 6 months after they met. They announced the engagement on her 18th birthday, and were married when she was 18-years-old, and Kobe was 22. They married on April 18th 2001, in an intensely private ceremony.

In November 1999, 17-year-old Bryant was working as a background dancer for Tha Eastsidaz rap music video "G'd Up" when she met Kobe Bryant, who was on set working on a rap album. [7] Six months after meeting, the couple were engaged.

Jan 25, 2022 · Kobe Bryant waited until Vanessa Bryant turned 18 before he proposed. In May 2000, just six months after they first met, Kobe asked her to marry him. At the time, he managed to keep their relationship so low-key that initial reports speculated who his bride-to-be was, identifying her only as an "18-year-old woman from Orange County" (via CBS ...

Jan 26, 2022 · Kobe and Vanessa Bryant had been married for 19 years before the basketball icon died on Jan. 26, 2020. Look back on their love story and ups and downs

Jan 21, 2025 · Late basketball player Kobe Bryant shared four children with wife Vanessa Bryant. Here's everything to know about his daughters — Natalia, Gianna, Bianka and Capri.

Jan 25, 2025 · The new documentary 'Kobe: The Making of a Legend' covers the late basketball legend's life on and off the court, including the beginning of his love story with his wife Vanessa.

Feb 28, 2020 · Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa Bryant, born in Los Angeles, is an American of Mexican and Irish, English, German heritage. Discover her background & childhood.

1 day ago · In 2003, Kobe Bryant was on top of the world, but it soon all came crashing down with a sexual assault allegation and court case. ... with wife Vanessa – who he married in April 2001 after ...

On July 26, 2003, Vanessa Bryant and Kobe Bryant held a press conference together, where a tearful Kobe admitted to cheating on his wife. Vanessa, in turn, while acknowledging her husband’s infidelity, said that they wished to deal with the issue “within their marriage.”

Oct 19, 2023 · The wife of the late Kobe Bryant, Vanessa Bryant (née Laine), met the legendary athlete while she was working as a background model on the set of a 2002 music video, according to People.