Vanessa Bryant Pleads With 'US Weekly' To Stop Posting Fake Stories About Her Family (PICS)

Vanessa Bryant Pleads With ‘US Weekly’ To Stop Posting Fake Stories About Her Family (PICS)

April 15, 2020, 6:11pm EST (Updated: January 14, 2023, 11:32am)By Darrelle Lincoln

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It’s been almost three months since the untimely death of Kobe and Gianna Bryant as well as seven others in a helicopter that crashed on a hillside in Calabasas, California.

It did not feel real then and it does not feel real right now.

One publication that continues to post stories about the family is US Weekly who appear to be tapped in with a source. That notion was quickly dispelled when Vanessa Bryant put them on blast on her IG Live story and pleaded for them to stop running fake stories.

https://twitter.com/alice2096xo/status/1250526320091676673

If @usweekly doesn’t leave Vanessa Bryant alone I stg. They’re so gross, she lost her husband and daughter. Let her grieve in peace. pic.twitter.com/DltI572HBD
— •m• (@_lunar__kitten_) April 15, 2020

As you can see, Vanessa claims she doesn’t even know who a ‘Sophie Lane’ even is that is talked about in the article being her sister.

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Plenty of people took to Twitter to put US Weekly on blast for their actions.

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US Weekly is so disgusting for posting articles about #VanessaBryant and how she’s coping. Let that woman grieve in PEACE.
— Thai Floyd (@thaiafloyd) April 15, 2020

Hey @usweekly YALL NEED TO LEAVE MY GIRL VANESSA BRYANT TFFFFF ALONE. Slip up again and you WILL catch these hands.
— khaleesi (@wzzzaa) April 15, 2020

The fact that Vanessa Bryant has to ask these media outlets to let her grieve in piece don’t sit right with me… @usweekly just made up a whole fake relative for a story.
— Don. (@Pimp2Insane) April 15, 2020

https://twitter.com/98tiffo/status/1250528216818888704

https://twitter.com/raekatetay/status/1250457738385272834

I am picturing tears coming down #VanessaBryant 's face trying to deal with @usweekly 's nonsense & lies! Smh!
— A. Giselle (@AlynaGiselle) April 15, 2020

Vanessa Bryant is on her ig story begging @usweekly to stop reporting on her loss, especially with wrong information and they're literally ignoring her, so disrespectful ?
— kaela (@kaeIoren) April 15, 2020