Natalia Bryant’s restraining order in opposition to a person accused of stalking her since she was a young person has been renewed and expanded.
In response to court docket paperwork obtained by TMZ, a decide dominated on Monday, Dec. 15, to grant the 22-year-old mannequin and up to date faculty graduate a five-year extension of the restraining order in opposition to Dwayne Kemp. The court docket additionally agreed to change the order to incorporate Bryant’s mom, Vanessa Bryant, and her youthful sisters, Bianka and Capri, as protected events.
The choice follows a movement Bryant filed in November, alleging that Kemp violated the present restraining order earlier this yr.
In August, Kemp is accused of attending an occasion “organized by Ms. Bryant and her employer” in an effort to make contact together with her — a direct violation of the order, in response to the submitting. Courtroom paperwork state that Kemp arrived with flowers he supposed to present on to Bryant. When he was unable to find her, he allegedly tried to ship the flowers to her mom, with the expectation that they’d be handed alongside to Natalia.
Bryant argued within the submitting that the try “demonstrates his continued fixation and full disregard” for the restraining order already in place.
She first sought authorized safety in opposition to Kemp in 2022, after what she described as years of escalating and undesirable habits that started when she was simply 17 years outdated. In response to court docket filings, Kemp initially reached out by means of social media, sending repeated messages and advances that Bryant by no means responded to. She later acknowledged that she didn’t instantly block him out of worry of what he may do if she minimize off entry completely.
Over time, Bryant alleged that Kemp developed delusions that they have been in a romantic relationship and an obsession together with her late father, NBA legend Kobe Bryant. His habits allegedly escalated from on-line messages to displaying up in individual — together with showing at her sorority home and on USC’s campus whereas she was a pupil — in makes an attempt to seek out her and provides her flowers.
In a earlier interview with NBC4, Kemp characterised the state of affairs as a “misunderstanding.” Nonetheless, Bryant’s filings paint a much more alarming image. She additionally famous considerations about his background, stating that Kemp is a gun fanatic and citing social media photos of him posing with firearms. The paperwork additional declare he has been arrested and/or convicted of no less than 4 crimes, together with one involving firearms.
Within the newly filed paperwork associated to the extension, Kemp once more blamed the incident on a misunderstanding. When he encountered her safety workforce, he admitted his actions violated the restraining order however claimed he thought it had expired.
