The Beginning Of Their Relationship
Kobe Bryant met Vanessa Urbieta Cornejo Laine in 1999 when he was 21 years old and she was just 17 years old. She was actually still in high school at the time. Her former classmate Monica Squadrilli told the Los Angeles Times in 2005: “She’d bring pictures of Kobe to school and we’d be like, ‘Omygod.’ ”
The Beginning Of Their Relationship
The Bryant Family
Kobe proposed to Vanessa 6 months into their relationship when he was just 22 years old. However, his family was not pleased with his choice of partner or the fact that he was getting married so young. In fact, his parents sisters, and his agent did not attend his wedding. This led him to becoming estranged from his family for two years until his first daughter was born and they set their anger aside.
The Bryant Family
