Vanessa Bryant

Vanessa Marie Bryant (born Vanessa Urbieta Cornejo; May 5, 1982) is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the widow of American professional basketball player Kobe Bryant. With her husband, she founded the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Foundation in 2007 to provide scholarships to minority college students worldwide. Bryant leads the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting child athletes who are in need.

On January 26, 2020, Bryant's husband Kobe and her daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. Bryant subsequently filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County, which was later settled in 2023. Provided by Wikipedia