It must be rough to be Vanessa Bryant: Your husband Kobe cheats on you, and gets arrested for rape, and the best he can do is offer crocodile tears and a massive ring. OK, so the ring is nice, but is it worth the public embarrassment and shame of having the whole world know about your husband’s sexual peccadilloes? What’s a girl to do?
Apparently Vanessa did the only thing any respectable Housewife of Orange County can do: Turn her anger on her help. According to TMZ, former maid Maria Jimenez is suing the Bryant family for wrongful discharge, invasion of privacy and emotional distress and unpaid wages. Long story short, she’s claiming that Vanessa was the worst boss ever, and if her allegations are even half-truths, it would be hard to argue.
For starters, Vanessa accused her of stealing her mouth retainer - because I’m sure that would go for big money on the black market. Vanessa also allegedly “badgered, harassed and humiliated Maria by yelling and screaming at Maria and criticizing her in front of Kobe, the Bryants’ children, employees and other people in the household,” according to the lawsuit. It was up to Kobe to smooth things over and convince Jimenez to stay. Yes, Kobe Bryant was the voice of domestic reason.
The final straw was when Vanessa flew off the handle at Jimenez for washing an expensive blouse, and forced her to reach into a bag of dog feces to retrieve the price tag. While that might fly on some twisted Japanese version of “The Price is Right”, it isn’t exactly kosher when it comes to employer/employee relations. Especially when Vanessa insisted that Jimenez work off the $690 cost of the blouse before she could quit.
With that kind of behavior, you can imagine how it might drive a guy into the arms of a young, blond, nubile worker at a Colorado hotel. In theory.
4:01 pm on March 25th, 2009
What in the HELL is going on with her chest in that pic???
4:09 pm on March 25th, 2009
It's been fairly well documented that Mrs. Kobi is a raging lunatic.She apparently has quite a reputation with the LA media and here's a shocker.It isnt good!….
4:15 pm on March 25th, 2009
That's Sh*tty!!!!!!!
5:23 pm on March 25th, 2009
downright poopy
6:16 pm on March 25th, 2009
Maria Jimenez is lucky Rapey didnt bend her over a stool and go Eagle, Colorado on her. Vanessa is simply brown trash with money. If Rapey didnt have such lousy taste in women, she was destined to have Maria Jimenez' job or be a truck stop whore.
7:14 pm on March 25th, 2009
Hey Mad Dog, they are called mosquito bites.
7:17 pm on March 25th, 2009
wow. if i was that poor maid and Koby's bitch was barking at me all day, i'd be pissed. no way would i let her dog me like that. and then make me stick my paw in that bag? hells no. i mean i know times are ruff, but that's shitty.
11:32 pm on March 25th, 2009
if your gonna have an evil bitch of a wife, make sure shes got a decent rack.
7:54 am on March 26th, 2009
God.
I thought this left-wing blog didn't eat it's own.
That must mean KOBE not KOBI is not as far to the left as you guys would like.
It's either that or he's more towards the center than is acceptable in progressive Hollywood.
10:45 am on March 26th, 2009
Rob68? What are you talking about? Shut the F up and turn on your Rush Limbaugh.
12:13 pm on March 26th, 2009
Someone was going to pay for Kobe's offenses…well it wasn't going to be her meal ticket right????
Hey RoB68 they're looking for you over on "no one gives a shit about your opinion.com"
1:42 pm on March 26th, 2009
RoB68 gets the STFU award of the day. Have a Coke and smile jackass.
11:32 am on May 24th, 2009
Vanessa wanted Kobe to continue paying hers and her mother's bills (payed for her mother's house so she wouldn't lose it) so she had to put up with his rapist ass. Otherwise she would be working just like Maria at someone's house and not necessarily a celebrity's. They both got what they deserve because neither one can trust the other, they just don't have another choice.