Los Angeles Lakers injured star Kobe Bryant is one of the best players in the NBA, but even he can deal with personal problems and one such issue may force him to have an awkward Mother's Day on Sunday, as he and his mom Pamela are in a court battle over his childhood mementos.
According to ESPN.com, Bryant filed a motion in court to stop his mother from selling some of his past memorabilia in an auction, saying he never gave her permission to sell the items. Some of the items includes high school trophies, past jerseys as well as championship rings and other pieces that are tied to Bryant. Pamela countered and said that Bryant previously told her that the items were hers to do with what she wished.
The report says that Pamela set up an auction through a New Jersey company called Goldin Auctions, for which she received nearly $500,000 in advance. Bryant's lawyers wrote a letter to the company to stop the sale, while the company is suing to go through with the deal. Bryant said in court documents that his mother admitted to not having permission to sell the items, which are put together and called "The Bryant Collection," and includes some of his past Lakers jerseys and high school items among 100 other pieces.
The court docs say that Pamela Bryant made the deal earlier in the year to the same company that sold the a rare Honus Wagner baseball card for a record $2.1 million and the money she received was to be used for a new home in Nevada. She added that Kobe said the items were not wanted by him and that she could do what she wanted with them, which she put in a $1,500-per-month New Jersey storage unit until the auction move happened.
The company said that the auction could not be cancelled due to the advance and now both sides are working on trying to figure out a solution, with Bryant's attorneys saying that it is his personal property and that she cannot sell it. They said that the legal system will help
"I never told my mother that she could have my personal property, let alone consign it for public auction," Bryant wrote in the filing.
He also posted on Twitter, "When u give Give GIVE and they take Take TAKE at wat point do u draw a line in the sand? #hurtbeyondmeasure #gavemenowarning #love?"
