Vanessa Bryant

"My husband and daughter passed away unexpectedly, and yet my mother had the audacity to do a television interview speaking negatively of me..."

Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa filed a wrongful death lawsuit in February.

Vanessa thanked the WNBA for the kind gesture.

Vanessa and her daughters were on their way to Natalia's winter formal dance.

Vanessa issued a statement.

Vanessa shared the story behind the romantic gift.

Kobe and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant died in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26.

'My brain refuses to accept that both Kobe and Gigi are gone.'