Kobe Bryant in court battle with his mom????

[Brovva Blaqq]

Kobe is intelligent and won't end up like Iverson. He is damn right to refuse giving at one point - if his mom already has two houses, why does she need a third one?

Buy her a ticket to Liberia! There she will see the poverty in Africa, so she learns to appreaciate all the wealth she was given.

[LaLa]

What was going to be auctioned off...damn.

[Basketball Fan]

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2 ... auctio.php

Kobe Bryant Wins Courthouse Assist From Sister in Memorabilia Dispute With His Mother
By R. Scott Moxley Mon., May 13 2013 at 8:01 AM Write Comment
Categories: Court, Sports






Kobe Bryant
Los Angeles Lakers' superstar Kobe Bryant is receiving an assistant this morning in his legal battle to permanently block his mother and an auction house from selling more than $1.5 million worth of his personal memorabilia to the public in June.
Sharia Washington, Bryant's sister, filed a May 11 declaration that states their mother, Pamela Bryant, has been determined to cash in on the NBA player's success by selling his belongings, according to records inside Orange County's Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse.

Though Washington says she has "never been privy" to discussions between her mother and Bryant about ownership of the memorabilia, she wants U.S. District Court Judge Andrew J. Guilford to know that her mom "frequently" talked "about how the family can make money on items associated with Kobe."

The Laker, who is reportedly worth more than $200 million, lives in a gated Newport Coast community and often uses a helicopter for traffic-defeating transportation, has filed lawsuits to block his mother and Kennth Goldin, owner of Goldin Auctions, LLC, from selling items such as high school basketball team jerseys, medals, trophies, rings and net pieces from memorable, youthful victories.

Goldin, who has already paid Pamela Bryant an advance of $450,000, claims he can sell the memorabilia on her behalf because she is the rightful owner of the items.

To bolster his case, Goldin noted in legal briefs that Pamela has been paying $1,500 a month for five years to house the items in a West Berlin, New Jersey storage facility because "Kobe Bryant indicated to her and that he had no interest in them."

Kobe, who wants his memorabilia to belong to his children, rejects the assertion and now points to his sister's declaration that their mother can't be trusted, according to court records.

"For a number of years I have stored memorabilia from Kobe's music career in the garage of my Las Vegas residence," Washington said in the sworn, one-page declaration. "My mother, Pamela, noted that I 'need to keep that, because it will be worth something.' I recently returned all of that memorabilia to Kobe because my mother has access to my garage and I fear that she would try to sell that memorabilia."

In another example cited in her filing, Washington claims her mother encouraged her to get Kobe to sign an Olympic basketball t-shirt so it would increase in value and she could sell it.

Joseph Bryant, Kobe's father and a retired professional basketball himself, backs his wife's version of reality.

Guilford is scheduled today to hear arguments from the auction house that the lawsuit belongs in New Jersey and that Bryant is not entitled to additional injunctive relief.

According to court records, Bryant's parents want additional income to help pay for a new home in Las Vegas.

[MistyMountain20]

Additional income to pay for their new home...disgusting.

[GermanFan120]

kobe should be ashamed of himself. You only have 1 mother, but you have tons of money. What is 450,000 dollars home worth to him? (that's the reported value that his mom wants to buy a house with the money she's auctioning of)

Seriously, you buy your wife a ring worth in the millions, yet you can't give your mom 450,000 after she raised you? kobe should be ashamed, and all you kobe supports on this should be ashamed of yourself

+10000

[Slava]

kobe should be ashamed of himself. You only have 1 mother, but you have tons of money. What is 450,000 dollars home worth to him? (that's the reported value that his mom wants to buy a house with the money she's auctioning of)

Seriously, you buy your wife a ring worth in the millions, yet you can't give your mom 450,000 after she raised you? kobe should be ashamed, and all you kobe supports on this should be ashamed of yourself

+10000

Stop trolling. Stop posting on the Lakers board.

I won't warn you more than once.

[Slava]

Stop reporting my posts to myself you genius!

[Wavy Q]

Slava has no choice but to ban himself

[ennui]

I want slava banned!

I want his family banned!

And I want his computer setup burned to the ground!

[LAKESHOW]

Lawyer: Kobe, you are losing the battle of public opinion vs. your mom. Do you have any ideas?

KOBE: yeah, maybe another family member.

Lawyer: Can we get your sister in here to battle for us?

KOBE: yeah, i'll get her come on our side, to win this one. Because Im lookin like an idiot fightin with my mom in the newspapers.

Lawyer: You shoulda settled this out of the limelight long ago, and just kicked her down some cash and taken back your memorabilia, then this all gets blown away.

KOBE: FU, I know that already.

[Slava]

I want slava banned!

I want his family banned!

And I want his computer setup burned to the ground!

So typical of a brown brother to hate on another brown brother.

[ennui]

As a brown man, it is not enough that I succeed, other brown men should fail.