KOBE BRYANT - BRYANT ISSUES CEASE AND DESIST OVER AFFAIR CLAIMS

Basketball star KOBE BRYANT has blasted rumours he is having an affair with a Los Angeles Lakers cheerleader and has ordered his lawyer to put a stop to the "malicious" allegations.
Gossips working for website TheDirty.com posted a message online last week (ends23May08), claiming they had reason to believe that the sportsman had been cheating on his wife Vanessa with the unnamed cheerleader.
But the rumours have infuriated Bryant, and his attorney Adam F. Streisand - the cousin of superstar Barbra Streisand - has now issued a cease and desist letter to website owner David Gingras. In the letter, Streisand demands the removal of the "totally false, libelous, defamatory and disparaging" information and Bryant's "name, image or likeness" from the site.
According to documents obtained by website TMZ.com, Bryant is also seeking to sue Gingras for unspecified damages.