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Author Archives: Amy Taxin

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Kobe Bryant’s Wife Files for Divorce

by Amy TaxinDecember 17, 2011January 25, 2022

ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — Kobe Bryant’s wife, who stood by her husband when he was charged with sexual assault in 2003, filed for divorce on Friday from the Los Angeles […]

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