“My husband and daughter passed away unexpectedly and yet my mom has the audacity to do an interview on TV talking negatively about me while shedding tears about a car and home that wasn’t in her name,” Vanessa said. “She has removed all her diamond jewelry, emptied her apartment that I provide, and put the furniture in storage to appear as though she is without support. My husband and I have financially supported her over the past 20 years, and I continue to do so, in addition to her monthly alimony.”
In a statement to US Weekly about the new lawsuit, Vanessa denies that her mother ever worked as a nanny or a personal assistant for her or her family.
“She was a grandmother who was supported by me and her son-in-law at my request,” the former model alleges. “She now wants to back-charge me $96 per hour for supposedly working 12 hours a day for 18 years for watching her grandchildren. In reality, she only occasionally babysat my older girls when they were toddlers. As of 10 years ago, our kids were full-time students and athletes and I didn’t have another child until 2016. Her claims are obviously false but I still tried, repeatedly, to work things out with my mother.”
Vanessa also claims that Laine “demanded $5 million, a house and a Mercedes SUV” from her, and that she is now “now trying to get more money than my husband and I ever spent to provide for her while he was alive.” It’s difficult to even fathom how selfish someone has to be to drag their child through a legal battle less than a year after she buried her husband and 13-year-old daughter, but unfortunately humanity never fails to disappoint. [Us Weekly]
Celebrity chef
Sandra Lee has moved to California and sold her Westchester County home, just a little over a year after announcing her split with her
former boyfriend New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The Westchester house, which the couple had dubbed “Lily Pond,” was a Colonial-style four-bedroom that Lee once said “smells like cookies and feels like heaven,” a line that I really hope the realtor used when selling her house.
On the day she left, she posted on Instagram:
“Today will be one of the saddest days of my life. Today is the day that I do the final move out from Lily Pond. I love that house and I have a personal relationship with every single room of that home.”
Lee recently purchased a new home in Malibu for $3.38 million, and she also owns a home in Beverly Hills, so at least she’ll be mourning Lily Pond by the beach. [People]
- Sir Ian McKellen said he felt “euphoric” after receiving the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday. [CNN]
- RHOC cast member Braunwyn Windham-Burke was spotted kissing her new girlfriend Kris during a beach date. [Page Six]
- Jamal Bryant says he will no longer appear on Real Housewives Of Potomac after being accused of having an affair. [The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
Correction: A previous version of this article misstated Vanessa and Kobe Bryant’s daughter’s name as Kianna.
