Vanessa Bryant, Kobe Bryant’s widow, is being sued by her mother who claims Kobe promised to take care of his mother-in-law for the rest of her life.

According to news reports, Sofia Laine, who is 70 years old, claims her daughter is reneging on promises made to her. She says she was the family’s nanny for nearly 20 years and was "forced" to work around the clock without proper meals or rest breaks. Laine also claims she was never paid for any of this but was promised instead to be taken care of all her life. 

Following Kobe’s death last year, Laine said her daughter ordered her to move out, prompting Laine to file a lawsuit. Bryant counters that her mother only filed the lawsuit to "extort a financial windfall from my family" as she never served as the family’s personal assistant or nanny. "I have always been a stay-at-home mother and my husband and I were our daughters' full-time care givers," Bryant stated. "In reality, she only occasionally babysat my older girls when they were toddlers."

Laine notes that "[a]lthough I filed a lawsuit, I did not make any public comments and was hoping for the court process to run its course without publicity, as hurtful as it is. I did not want this and do not want this."

Bryant’s statement in response to the lawsuit notes, "This lawsuit is frivolous, disgraceful, and unimaginably hurtful. My husband never promised my mother anything, and he would be so disappointed in her behavior and lack of empathy."

—Source: tmz.com

Former talk show host Larry King (87) is being sued by wife number seven, Shawn Southwick King (61), who is requesting financial spousal support to the tune of $33,100 per month.

According to media reports, King filed for divorce from Southwick King in 2019, following almost 22 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences. 

“My wife is a very religious Mormon, and I’m an agnostic atheist, so that causes little problems,” King said. “We overcame a lot, but it just hit a point where we didn’t get along.”

The couple share two sons and Southwick King claims she put her career as a singer and actress on hold to raise their children. Southwick King says her focus on being an “at-home” mother has made her financially dependent on King.

“Now that the parties are in the process of dissolving their 22-year marriage, [Southwick King] is financially dependent on [King] at this stage of her life, due to the parties’ agreement that she would care for and raise their sons instead of pursuing her acting and singing career,” the lawsuit states. “[Southwick King] seeks temporary spousal support from [King] to meet and pay her living expenses.”

King also has agreed to pay Southwick King a one-time lump sum of $20,000. Friends of Southwick King reportedly said she was “blindsided” by his divorce filing.

—Source: People.com

Famed rock musician Phil Collins' ex-wife, Orianne Cevey, lost a recent effort to have “outrageous” claims admitted in evidence in the couple’s ongoing lawsuit over a $40 million estate.

According to news reports, a judge recently struck from the record Covey’s allegations against Collins that detailed impotence, poor hygiene and mental incompetence. 

“These are outrageous statements that I’m not going to repeat,” Collins’ attorney Brandon Carrington stated.

Collins and Cevey, 46, have been locked in a legal battle over a Miami mansion that Cevey claims Collins promised to give her half of the proceeds from once the estate sells. Collins and Cevey are said to have split after she admitted to an extramarital affair with Thomas Bates, 31, who she secretly married a month later. 

—Source: Pagesix.com

United Airlines is being sued by two veteran flight attendants who claim the airline is discriminating against older crew members because it is only using “youthful, white flight attendants – most of whom are blonde” on NFL charter flights for the Los Angeles Rams, as well as a number of other sports teams including the Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Pirates. 

The two women claim United’s “assignment of flight attendants for charter flights arranged by dozens of professional and collegiate American sports teams is based entirely and unlawfully on age, race and ancestry, gender, and physical appearance.”

“United has not only demeaned its hard-working and long-standing loyal employees, but created an egregious workplace culture in which discrimination, harassment, and retaliation have taken root and flourished,” the suit continues.

According to news reports, the flight attendants claim that every time they tried to pick up charter flights that appeared on the open marketing scheduling system they were denied, with younger blonde flight attendants with less seniority picked up for the trips.

United denied the accusations and said the charter customers were allowed to pick from a list of flight attendants – “there was nothing United could do except comply with the customer’s request,” the lawsuit claims.

United has “created a despicable situation,” the women further allege, asking the court to award them compensatory damages for discrimination and harassment they’ve allegedly suffered.

In a statement, a spokesperson for the airline said: “United Airlines is proud of our track record on diversity, equity and inclusion. While we cannot comment on this ongoing litigation, the flight attendants included in our sports team charter program are largely representative of our overall flight attendant population in regards to age and race.”

“Importantly, flight attendant eligibility to work a charter flight is based solely on performance and attendance and has nothing to do with age, race or gender.”

—Source: usatoday.com