Natalia Bryant, the daughter of Kobe and Vanessa Bryant, received a five-year extension on her restraining order against an alleged stalker, according to TMZ Sports.
Natalia Bryant Modified Retraining Order
According to court documents obtained by TMZ Sports, a judge ruled on Monday that the order would be extended and modified to include Vanessa and Natalia’s siblings, Bianka and Capri, as protected individuals.
In December 2022, a judge granted Natalia’s request for a permanent restraining order against Dwayne Kemp, a man she claimed was stalking and harassing her.
Natalia filed the request against Kemp in November of that year.
The court documents allege the Sun Valley man has made several attempts to contact her on social media since 2020, when she was just 17 years old.
Per ABC News Los Angeles, court documents revealed that Natalia also said he sent her a message indicating he hoped they could have a “Kobe-like child together.”
In addition, the documents showed Kemp’s social media page featuring multiple images of him holding guns. Natalia claimed that Kemp had been arrested and/or convicted of at least four crimes, including one involving firearms.
As part of the restraining order, he was ordered to turn in his guns.
Dwayne Kemp Violated Restraining Order
According to TMZ Sports, Natalia initially filed to extend the order back in November, citing additional instances where Kemp violated the order in August of this year.
Natalia alleged that on Aug. 24, Kemp broke the order by attending an event “organized by Ms. Bryant and her employer to make contact with Ms. Bryant,” per court documents.
“Kemp brought flowers that he intended to give directly to Ms. Bryant, but when he could not locate her, he instead attempted to deliver the flowers to Ms. Bryant’s mother, Vanessa Bryant, with the intention that those flowers be delivered to Ms. Bryant.”
Natalia claims that this latest attempt “demonstrates his continued fixation and complete disregard” for the restraining order.
Per TMZ Sports, Kemp “admitted his conduct would violate the [restraining order], but Kemp stated that his conduct was now permissible because he believed (mistakenly) that the order had expired.”
