because his wife Vanessa is a witch. Kobe's maid filed a lawsuit for invasion of privacy, emotional distress, unpaid wages and wrongful discharge. In the suit Miss Maid Lady says Vanessa routinely "badgered, harassed and humiliated" her by yelling, screaming and criticizing her in front of Kobe, their children, employees, other people in the house and called her lazy, slow, dumb, a fucking liar and a fucking piece of shit. The maid also says Vanessa accused her of stealing her retainer. Her retainer!? What the hell can anybody do with somebody else's retainer? Aren't they custom fit to your mouth? Anyway, Maid Lady says the last straw came when Vanessa forced her to put her hand in a bag of dog shit to retrieve a price tag of a shirt she'd put in the washer. Vanessa was furious that Maid had put the expensive piece in the wash and wanted the price tag so she would know how much to dock Maid's pay.