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The 19-year-old girl of the late Kobe Bryant has filed for a impermanent restraining bid request, alleging a 32-year-old antheral has been stalking her since she was a minor.
In the documents, filed with Los Angeles County Superior Court on Nov. 22 and obtained by E! News, Bryant accused Dwayne Kemp of harassing her since 2020. The model alleged that Kemp—someone says she has ne'er met—began messaging her connected societal media erstwhile she was 17 years old "as if we had a romanticist relationship."
The documents alleged that Kemp has sent Bryant respective unsettling Instagram messages, including 1 that allegedly read, "Im Coming To Visit Soon." Another, successful response to a photograph of Bryant and her precocious begetter that she posted connected societal media read, "Thankful For Him Birthing You, Hopefully We Can Birth Him… ‘Kobe,'" seemingly referring to having a babe with Bryant.
Bryant said Kemp's interaction became "more alarming" erstwhile helium allegedly attempted to find her astatine her college, the University of Southern California wherever she is successful her 2nd year, adding that she is present "fearful for my safety." The documents further noted that determination person been astatine slightest 2 incidents involving Kemp and his alleged effort to marque in-person interaction with Bryant.
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"[Kemp]'s extreme, outrageous, and escalating people of behaviour has earnestly alarmed, harassed and distressed me," Bryant stated successful the docs. "I americium terrified that [he] is trying to find maine to marque in-person interaction with maine astatine my school, my home, etc., and is stalking me."
She continued, "I bash not consciousness safe."
The documents described Kemp arsenic "an online weapon enthusiast" who precocious expressed his involvement connected Instagram successful purchasing a "Glock Switch"—which is illegal to person nether national law. Bryant's lawyers stated successful the filing that they judge Kemp has been antecedently arrested "at slightest 4 times for misdemeanors, 1 of those incidents progressive a firearm."
As portion of the restraining order, which has not been approved by a justice yet, Bryant is asking the tribunal to bid Kemp to enactment astatine slightest 200 yards distant from her home, job, school, her sorority and her car.
E! News has reached retired to Bryant's rep and lawyer but hasn't received a comment. Court records bash not person an lawyer listed for Kemp.
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Bryant's filing comes astir 3 years aft Kobe and her 13-year-old sister Gianna Bryant died successful a chopper clang successful February 2020.
Her mother Vanessa Bryant—also shares girl Bianka, 5, and Capri, 3, with the precocious NBA star—later sued Los Angeles County, alleging penetration of privateness and affectional distress, claiming archetypal responders took and shared unauthorized photos of the quality remains astatine the clang tract successful unofficial settings. In August, the 40-year-old was awarded a $16 cardinal judgement, which she past donated to the nonprofit Mamba and Mambacita Sports foundation, her lawyer told the Los Angeles Times.
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