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Vanessa Bryant Pays Tribute To Kobe On Valentine’s Day
Vanessa Bryant has paid tribute to her late husband Kobe, three years after his death.
The 40-year-old businesswoman was married to basketball player Kobe – who was killed in a helicopter crash in 2020 along with their `13-year-old daughter Gigi – and took to social media on Valentine’s Day (14.02.23) to declare that she will “always” love him.
Alongside a throwback snap of herself and Kobe, she wrote on Instagram: “Happy Valentine’s Day Boo-Boo, [heart emoji] Forever and Always.’
In the summer of last year, the model – who also has Natalia, 20, Bianka, six, and three-year-old Capri with the tragic NBA star and appears to have remained single since his death – was awarded $16 million in damages after a jury found the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and Fire Department (LAFD) had caused emotional distress by sharing photos from the fatal helicopter crash in January 2020 but her attorney Luis Li, confirmed at the time that Vanessa will be donating the money to the Mamba and Mambacita Foundation because she hadn’t taken action for financial gain.