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Kobe Bryant’s Widow Wants To Know Why Nike Is Making A Shoe She Designed Honoring Her Deceased Daughter Without Her Consent

Ashe Schow
Kobe Bryant’s Widow Wants To Know Why Nike Is Making A Shoe She Designed Honoring Her Deceased Daughter Without Her Consent
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Vanessa Bryant, whose husband Kobe and 13-year-old daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash in January 2020, says Nike appears to be selling a shoe she designed in honor of her late daughter — a shoe she did not authorize the athletics company to sell.

Bryant made the allegations against the company in an Instagram post, explaining the situation along with photos of people apparently wearing the shoe she designed.

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