Vanessa Bryant, the first Christmas without Kobe and Gianna: “Always in our hearts”

“Always together, never apart, forever together in our hearts. Kobe, Vanessa, Natalia, Gianna, Bianka and Capri ». Vanessa Bryant remembers her husband and daughter who disappeared on January 26, 2020 in an accident with the helicopter they use for travel. Kobe’s wife posted a photo with her daughters Natalia, Bianka and Capri and next to one with the family united a year ago at Christmas.

The second image is the one seen dozens of times after the accident in which the 41-year-old basketball player and his 13-year-old daughter lost their lives along with seven other people.

The anniversary is exactly one month away. In the photo there is the whole family with Capri still very young, she was not even a year old, in her father’s arms.

The first photograph, in black and white like the other, shows Vanessa with her eldest daughter Natalia, 17, Bianka, 4, and Capri who is now a year and a half. All smiling and dressed in black on a white sofa. Next to the message there are six hearts, one for each family member. In the previous images he shared shots of his daughters.

Throughout the year, Vanessa Bryant shared the moments she was going to spend with her husband. His 42nd birthday, the first of his youngest daughter. «I miss your big hugs, your kisses, your smile, your deep laugh … I always think of your tenderness and your patience». There is something of Kobe in the family’s Christmas gifts too. In his stories the wife of the basketball legend shows the Nike Kobe Grinch, green as the Christmas villain, send to friends.

But there are also legal problems for Vanessa. Her mother sued her a month ago. “She’s just trying to extort money, again,” she said after her mother Sofia Laine sued her demanding arrears for her “personal assistant and nanny” job.

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