The legal battle between Vanessa Bryant and her mother, Sofia Laine, is getting messy. Vanessa accused Sofia of making “false and absurd” claims about her in a lawsuit, which was filed on Dec.
16. Now, Sofia is clapping back with some harsh words about her daughter. To start her statement, Sofia insisted that she never intended to “air [her] family’s grievances in public.” She claimed that she hoped the lawsuit would play out in the courts, and that it was “Vanessa’s own doing” that things went public. “All I wanted is what I worked for,” Sofia said in her statement. “Vanessa, despite everything that I have been promised and done for her and the family, has attempted to sever all ties and renege on all obligations and agreements.