Vanessa Bryant Settles ‘Hurtful’ Lawsuit Filed Against Her By Her Mother

Vanessa Bryant has settled a lawsuit filed against her by her mother, Sofia Urbieta Laine, for financial support. An attorney for Laine filed a notice of unconditional settlement in Orange County Superior Court on Wednesday. The document, which was obtained by Access Hollywood, specified that a request for dismissal of the case would be filed within 45 days, and the terms of the legal agreement were kept private. Laine’s lawsuit, which was initially filed in December, included claims that she worked as the Bryant family’s “longtime personal assistant and nanny,” but was never paid, despite Kobe’s alleged promise that she’d be financially taken care of for life. Vanessa denied her mother’s claims in an Instagram statement at the time, alleging that her mother never worked for the family and was “now trying to get more money than [she and Kobe] ever spent to provide for her while he was alive.”