People: Kobe Buys Wife $4 Million Ring

NewsMax ^ | July 23, 2003 | NewsMax

[Recourse]

Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:01 PM EST

People: Kobe Buys Wife $4 Million Ring

Making up to one’s spouse for adultery can be very expensive, especially if there is a rape allegation mixed in.

People Magazine will be reporting in editions out this weekend that Kobe Bryant just days after holding an emotional press conference where he admitted to infidelity, the basketball star bought his wife Vanessa a diamond ring for $4 million.

No doubt, Bryant has a few bucks to splurge. Aside from millions in endorsement fees from firma like Nike and McDonalds, Bryant has one of the biggest contracts in the NBA.

In 1999, Bryant signed a six-year contract extension with the Lakers, believed to be worth almost $71 million dollars.

At his press conference last week, Bryant’s wife held his hand as he gave an emotional denial to the rape allegations.

"I love my wife with all my heart. She’s my backbone,” Bryant said, adding: "You’re a blessing, you’re a piece of my heart, the air I breathe, and you’re the strongest person I know, and I’m so sorry for having to put you through this, putting my family through this.”

[novacation]

I'm almost in tears.So touching.

[Loyalist]

Judgment-proofing against the inevitable civil suit?

[PoisedWoman]

Kobe owes her bigtime.

Years ago, in a great movie, "California Suite," written by Neil Simon, a man is caught by his wife in a Beverly Hills hotel suite with a hooker. Wife smiles. "Get up! We're going shopping. This is going to cost you every cent you have." And she directs the cab to Rodeo Drive.

Wives are all smart.

[CindyDawg]

That's the first thing I thought of too.

[fooman]

This makes me lose respect for Kobe.

His wife is allowing herself to be morally swayed

[hellinahandcart]

Just what I've always wanted. A tangible reminder of my husband stuffing it into another woman, and humiliating me on national television! A reminder which I'm supposed to wear on my hand, where I can always see it and...be reminded...

[TrebleRebel]

Okay, since no one else has asked, I will: will she give him the finger?

[dogbyte12]

This is madly sick. I don't care how much he wants to make up for her, even if it was "just" adultery. A rock that expensive is obscene. Where can she wear it without bodyguards around at the time. She can't wear that shopping can she? The rock falls off someplace when she accidentally bumps into something, and there goes that. Maybe it's cause I am a guy.

He should have bought her a $4,000,000 villa in Italy. Now that is something more practical. She will spend more time at the villa, then looking at the rock she can't wear anywhere.

Does she now have to have her own set of bodyguards too? Or is this something she can only wear on very rare occasions. Nouveau riche people bug me.

[Jorge]

A $4 million ring is a good start at an apology.

You know she can pretty much get whatever she wants out of Kobe at this point.

[CyberAnt]

Well .. if his money dries up - she'll be set for life. You can invest $4 mil and live a very comfortable life.

[hellinahandcart]

Where can she wear it without bodyguards around at the time. She can't wear that shopping can she?

More importantly, where can she sell it? Not just anywhere, and not for what her fool husband probably paid for it...

[Palladin]

So tacky...so tasteless. And the wife will accept it and move on, while he goes on boinking women until he beats the other ballbouncer's record...the one who claims he "did" more than 20,000 women.

They are disgusting.

Not much of a chance that the sports fans will boycott the NBA though.

As long as their guys jump the highest and make the most three-pointers.

Sometimes I think American culture is even worse than Rome's during its decline and fall.

[dogbyte12]

Just assume for a second that Kobe is innocent. What if he proclaimed his innocence, and donated $4,000,000 to a rape crisis center instead of to a rock for his wife? He could have funded a battered woman's place for several years instead of this cheezy, gauche gesture.

I am actually very disgusted at his wife for accepting this buy off.

[Desdemona]

Head start on the alimony?

Or maybe tangible securities? If it is, she's going to have one heck of a collection if he keeps this up. Even if all his cash disappears, she'll be set for life.

[StarFan]

A tangible reminder of my husband stuffing it into another woman Interesting take. May I add "stuffing it into another woman, WITHOUT the use of a condom during consensual sex".

[Sloth]

Soon to be on eBay.

[ellery]

"I’m so sorry for having to put you through this?” Mmmm, present tense. He's not sorry about the adultery-or-worse. He's sorry about the current scandal.

[Mo1]

So tacky...so tasteless

I agree

[templar]

Just assume for a second that Kobe is innocent.

He's not innocent of adultery. He's already admitted it.