Vanessa Bryant Settles Lawsuit With Her Mother Sofia Laine Over Unpaid Wages

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By Maximillian Boudreaux Published: August 9, 2021

Vanessa Bryant Settles Lawsuit With Her Mother Sofia Laine Over Unpaid Wages

FILE - In this March 4, 2018, file photo, Kobe Bryant, right, and his wife Vanessa Bryant arrive at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Kobe Bryant's widow Vanessa Bryant has sued the owner of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed her husband and her 13-year-old daughter last month. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by Vanessa Bryant in Los Angeles says the pilot was careless and negligent by flying in cloudy conditions and should have aborted the flight. The pilot was among the nine people killed in the crash. The lawsuit was filed as a public memorial service for Kobe Bryant and his daughter was being held at the arena where Bryant played most of his career.(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

By: Maximillian Boudreaux

Vanessa Bryant, wife of former Los Angeles Laker Player Kobe Bryant, reached an agreement on lawsuit filed by her mother, Sofia Urbreta Laine, over unpaid wages for her alleged work as nanny and personal assistant for the Bryant family.

The complaint was originally filed back in December of 2020 in California by Laine., According to court documents Laine, 68, had work for the family as a personal assistant and nanny but was never fully compensated. Laine also claimed that Bryant’s husband had made a pact to take care of her financially before died in a helicopter crash on January 26, 2020.

“Unfortunately, Kobe Bryant’s promises did not see the light of day as he is now deceased, and Vanessa Bryant took each and every step she could to void and cancel all of Kobe Bryant’s promises,” according to the lawsuit. Vanessa Bryant did not intend to honor any of the Bryants’ representations, agreements or promises at any stage.

Vanessa Bryant lost her husband, Kobe Bryant, and 13-year-old daughter Ginna in a plane crashed in 2020 that took the lives of seven other victims. Bryant told People magazine, “Her mother is continuing to try and find ways to extort a financial windfall from our family.”

Bryant, who has been a stay-at-home mother since marrying Kobe, claims that her mother never worked for her or her husband as a personal assistant and she never took care of her granddaughters. However, Bryant pointed out that her family has supported her mother for nearly two decades now.

The lawsuit was settled on Friday, however the terms of that agreement were not disclosed.