Kobe Bryant Divorce: I guess diamonds ARE NOT forever.

It has been a few years, since Kobe apologized with that big "rock." Recall, several days after Colorado prosecutors announced that he was being charged with rape of a 19-year-old employee at a resort, Kobe decided to apologize to his wife, Vanessa, with a stunning 8-carat purple diamond ring worth about $4 million.

Well, some 8 years later... it looks like it is going to be 'irreconcilable differences' after all. Hot off the press from the LA Times... "Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Bryant said they have "resolved all the issues" related to their divorce in private and that final court papers will be filed next year.

Vanessa Bryant filed for divorce in Orange County Superior Court on Friday afternoon, stating her intentions to end her 10-year marriage to the Lakers star.  A computer record of the divorce filing does not contain details of the divorce. But a copy of the filing obtained by TMZ.com (by the way... this shows more insight)  shows that Vanessa Bryant cited "irreconcilable differences.""

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