{"id":15945,"date":"2011-12-17T23:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/a-look-back-at-vanessa-bryants-apology-ring\/"},"modified":"2011-12-17T23:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T23:45:00","slug":"a-look-back-at-vanessa-bryants-apology-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/17\/a-look-back-at-vanessa-bryants-apology-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look Back at Vanessa Bryant&#8217;s &#8216;Apology&#8217; Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2506vanessa-bryant-300.jpg\" alt=\"Kobe Bryant Wife Apology Ring\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/><span>Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If diamonds are a girl\u2019s best friend, perhaps Vanessa Bryant will find solace in hers as she works through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/article\/0,,20554701,00.html\">her divorce from husband Kobe Bryant<\/a>. The <a href=\"http:\/\/celebritybabies.people.com\/2011\/02\/26\/family-photo-kobe-bryants-lovely-ladies\/\">mom of two<\/a> filed for divorce in Los Angeles on Friday \u2014 though the fate of her $4 million diamond sparkler, a gift from her soon-to-be ex, is to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>Kobe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/article\/0,,626534,00.html\">purchased the ring<\/a> for Vanessa in July of 2003, three days after prosecutors declared he\u2019d be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/article\/0,,691419,00.html\">charged with the rape<\/a> of a 19-year-old employee at a Colorado resort where he\u2019d stayed. Dubbed the \u201capology ring\u201d \u2014 though <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/article\/0,,626534,00.html\">PEOPLE reported<\/a> that the basketball star had commissioned the bauble two weeks before charges were announced \u2014 it\u2019s an 8-carat purple diamond set in a glimmering band.<\/p>\n<p>The week before presenting his wife with the diamond, Kobe faced reporters during a press conference at the Staples Center in L.A. and admitted to cheating on his wife. \u201cYou\u2019re my backbone,\u201d he told Vanessa apologetically as she looked on solemnly. \u201cYou\u2019re a blessing. You\u2019re a piece of my heart. You\u2019re the air I breathe. And you\u2019re the strongest person I know, and I\u2019m so sorry for having to put you through this and having to put our family through this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com\/category\/weddings\/engagement-and-wedding-rings\/\">SEE THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST STAR BLING<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.people.com\/~r\/people\/headlines\/~3\/eoPm2TeCSYI\/\" title=\"A Look Back at Vanessa Bryant's 'Apology' Ring\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Look Back at Vanessa Bryant&#8217;s &#8216;Apology&#8217; Ring<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Getty Images If diamonds are a girl\u2019s best friend, perhaps Vanessa Bryant will find solace in hers as she works through her divorce from husband Kobe Bryant . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Look Back at Vanessa Bryant&#039;s &#039;Apology&#039; 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