Picture of Vanessa Bryant's $4 million dollar ring and $6 dollar "I love Kobe" bracelet.

Lucianne ^ | August 4, 2003 | Recourse

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Six carats is NOT four million bucks. I have contacted several diamond brokers since the $4 million number popped up, and they all said that an excellent 6 carat diamond is $40k-$60k, if it's colored, maybe in the $100k range, but nowhere near $4,000,000.

I looked at a 22.6 carat colorless diamond last month, and it was only $550,000.

[Strider]

That Colt 45 adds a nice touch. :)

Is that some kind of reference to the fact that Kobe is black. If it is, I think it stinks.

[aShepard]

....Kobe just isn't the sharpest stick in the bunch.
.......

Ah, spinning off Kobe assets to his wife before having to pay out a settlement, helps to strip him of his personal wealth, and I believe that the courts would not allow anyone to get to her assets (except for those pesky fraudulant conveyance nuiances)!

[pubmom]

LOL! So either he's lying about the cost of the ring, or he was taken.

[shiva]

The shirt says "Latina."

A slap in the face to decent Latinas. It should say, "Latina Pendeja"

[Digger]

The shirt says "Latina." You know - she doesn't want anyone to think she might be (gasp!) white.

I'm glad you caught that also. All I will say is they both deserve each other. I'm sick of both of them & the whore that he messed with.

[myrabach]

Perhaps its the repentance that carries the price tag?

[rudypoot]

Lighten up. It's ok for Dave Chappelle to make jokes about whites but put a can of Colt 45 in front of Kobe Bryant and people get mad. Just because I laugh at a racial prejudice doesn't mean I truely believe it. Hell, I'm of scandinavian background and I tell Ollie and Sven jokes because I think they are funny. Why don't you start a petition to ban laughing in case someone feels bad.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I'm sick of both of them & the whore that he messed with.

Rape victims are whores? If it was your mother or sister, would they be whores too?

[connectthedots]

I looked at a 22.6 carat colorless diamond last month, and it was only $550,000.

So, did you buy it?

[connectthedots]

Wonder what kind of ring Kobe's prison husband is going to give him?

[wardaddy]

Ain't that the truth.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Nope, didn't buy it. I know way too much about diamonds to be as foolish as to buy one.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Rape victims are whores? If it was your mother or sister, would they be whores too?

He probably is referring to the fact that the alleged rape victim apparently consented to some level of sexual activity with a married man. While maybe not technically a "whore," she certainly engaged in what I would consider to be whorish behavior, whether she was raped or not.

[wardaddy]

My wife and I were discussing this case the other nite. She thinks he's mostly guilty. I'm not sure but ever so slightly tilt that way while acknowledging that the case is very ambiguous.

My wife then declared about prostitution that "most women have some element of prostitution in their relationship with men at some point in their life however subtle". I was startled none the less. I wasn't sure if it was cynicism, realspeak, or PMS talking.

[Registered]

Sorry, no. I sent you FReepmail about your comments. I can put another brand in there...what do you prefer? I had a shot of whiskey, but it wasn't very clear.

[new cruelty]

I've read that joke was attributed to several famous people, including George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Winston Churchill, and Groucho Marx.

The most readily available I could find reads:

There is a famous anecdote: George Bernard Shaw sat next to a famous actress at dinner one evening and said, "Madam, would you sleep with me for some, for ten thousand pounds?" And she said, "I suppose I might. " Then he said, "Would you sleep with me five pounds?" And she said, "What do you take me for!" and Shaw answered, "We have already established that. Now we are trying to established the price."

[Strider]

Thanks for the mail. I had a feeling it was just a mistake.

[Strider]

First of all, I'm not mad. Second, some things just are not funny.

Please see post 56.

[RoughDobermann]

My wife then declared about prostitution that "most women have some element of prostitution in their relationship with men at some point in their life however subtle". I was startled none the less. I wasn't sure if it was cynicism, realspeak, or PMS talking.

Subtlety is the key here. Showing up in public wearing a newly purchased $4M ring ain't very subtle!