KOBE BRYANT - KOBE BRYANT TO BE A DAD AGAIN

Controversial basketball star KOBE BRYANT and his wife VANESSA are expecting their second child in May (06).

The couple already have three-year-old daughter Natalia.

A spokesperson for the couple says, "In addition to their excitement, Kobe and Vanessa have been sharing a lot of laughs because, after hitting game winning shots for the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe has been making late night food runs for his wife's pregnancy cravings only to get home with the food and find out that her craving has changed."

Bryant was last year (04) cleared of raping a 19-year-old hotel worker in Colorado. He claimed the sex was consensual.