Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Vanessa Cornejo Ubrieta Laine (born May 5, 1982) married NBA basketball star Kobe Bryant on April 18, 2001 in Dana Point, California. Kobe's father Joe Jellybean Bryant broke relations with his son because he objected to this marriage on the basis of the bride's race. In 2003, Venessa Bryant stood by husband Kobe in his criminal trial for rape. This is a stub article. You can help improve it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.