Vanessa Bryant Settles ‘Disgraceful’ Lawsuit Filed by Her Mother

Vanessa Bryant and Sofia Laine (Credit: YouTube/Instagram)

Vanessa Bryant has closed the books on the lawsuit her mother filed last year demanding a house, car, and wages for acting as a “longtime personal assistant and nanny” to the Bryant family, according to reports Friday.

The terms of the settlement were not disclosed but the case is over, TMZ Sports and Us Weekly reported.

Sofia Urbieta Laine filed the $5 million suit in California’s Orange County Superior Court in December 2020.

Urbieta, who also goes by the name Sofia Laine, claimed in the suit that before Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash in January 2020, he promised to take care of her “for the rest of her life.”

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After Kobe’s death, Laine said Vanessa kicked her out of a family home and demanded she immediately return a car she had been using. Laine asked for money, a house, and a Mercedes SUV in her lawsuit.

Vanessa responded with a statement on Instagram and accused her mother of trying to “extort a financial windfall.” She also called her mother’s suit “frivolous, disgraceful and unimaginably hurtful.”

Laine first revealed the family dispute in September 2020. In a tearful interview on the Univision show El Gordo Y La Flaca, she said she’d been “abandoned” by her daughter. After Kobe’s death, Laine said Vanessa kicked her out of a family home and demanded that she immediately return a car she had been using.

“She told me I need you to get out of this house,” Laine said through tears.

Vanessa responded to the interview with a statement, accusing her mom of exaggerating and called the situation “painful.”

“Contrary to previous reports, she has not been physically present or emotionally supportive of my daughters and me after my husband and daughter passed away. Now I see what is most important to my mother and it’s more than painful. I hope that everything that is coming out about our personal relationship ends here,” Vanessa said.