Vanessa Bryant Almost Filed For Divorce From Kobe Four Years Ago
Dec. 19 2011, Published 7:00 a.m. ET
By Jen Heger - Breaking Celebrity News Legal Editor
Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant's estranged wife, Vanessa, almost filed for divorce from the NBA basketball star four years ago, Breaking Celebrity News is exclusively reporting.
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Vanessa filed for divorce from Kobe Bryant, her hubby of 10 1/2 years, on Friday. There is no pre-nup.
Vanessa almost filed for divorce from the Lakers star, four years ago, because she was so disgusted with his blatant cheating.
"Vanessa almost threw in the towel four years ago. Kobe has always had a slew of girlfriends, and the cheating was almost blatant,” a source close to the couple tells Breaking Celebrity News. “Vanessa had consulted with a divorce attorney, not Laura Wasser, who she has hired to represent her now. Kobe promised Vanessa he would stop cheating, and the two went to marriage counseling. Kobe did seem like a devoted husband, and Vanessa decided not to go through with filing at that time."
Vanessa infamously stood by her NBA champ husband during their 10-year marriage despite a high-profile scandal in which he was accused of sexually assaulting a worker at a Colorado hotel.
Bryant, 33, admitted to having sexual relations with 19-year old hotel employee Katelyn Faber but denied assault.
The assault case was dropped by prosecutors after Faber refused to testify in the trial. A separate civil lawsuit was eventually settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.