Usually I wish a world of shyt onto prick Kobe, but I generally feel terrible for him in this case.
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/9257907/kobe-bryant-says-mother-given-permission-sell-stuff
CAMDEN, N.J. -- Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant says in a court filing that he never gave his mother permission to sell mementos from his high school days and early professional basketball career.Bryant is in a court battle over whether hundreds of items can be auctioned off.
Pamela Bryant says her son told her the memorabilia was hers. She arranged earlier this year to auction it off through Berlin, N.J.-based Goldin Auctions and received a $450,000 advance.
Last week, lawyers for Kobe Bryant wrote to the auction house demanding it cease the June sale. Goldin is suing to assert its right to sell.
"I never told my mother that she could have my personal property, let alone consign it for public auction," Bryant wrote.
In a filing Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Camden, Kobe Bryant says his mother acknowledged to him recently that she did not have permission to sell the items.
"I confronted her about her false statement that I had given my memorabilia to her," Bryant wrote in the filing, which was seen by The Philadelphia Inquirer. "I said to her, 'Mom, you know I never told you that you could have the memorabilia.'
"Her response was, 'Yes, but you never said you wanted it, either.' Of course, this is untrue, since my wife and I requested that she return my memorabilia several years earlier."
Bryant was drafted into the NBA directly out of Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pa. His high school uniforms are among more than 50 items listed for June auction.
It's no secret that he's been at odds with his father in the past, but now his mother?
Just sad this feels like a money grab from Kobe's parents, but to try to sell your game worn jerseys from high school, your championship ring with the Lakers, all star memorabilia, etc seems so wrong.
He's earned everything he's done in this league through God given talent, hard work, and just a will to win.
For his mother to try to cash in on this, seems super petty.
This is Kobe Bryant we're talking about, of the $30 million/year and tons of endorsements. I'm sure his immediate family is taken care of.
Very sad to see fighting going on between family, especially the ones that raised you.
