Natalia Bryant, the daughter of the late basketball legend Kobe Bryant, has filed a request for a restraining order against an alleged stalker in Los Angeles.
The 19-year-old University of Southern California student filed for a civil harassment restraining order against Dwayne Cortez Toliver Kemp, 32, of Sun Valley, California.
Since 2020 Kemp, described in the filing as an online gun enthusiast, began messaging her on social media as if they had a romantic relationship, or as if he wanted to initiate such a relationship, the filing stated. She never met him but was fearful as he sent kissing faces, and hearts and threatened to make unwanted in-person contact with her, it said.
In July 2021, Kemp is alleged to have sent Bryant a DM with a picture of her father, Kobe Bryant, and a message alluding to his hope that he and Bryant can have a Kobe-like child together, according to the filing.
The harassment “escalated over time” and he attempted to find her on the University of Southern California campus at least twice, most recently on Nov. 2., prompting her to feel fear for her safety, per the filing.
There were multiple witnesses to the escalating behavior including by USC faculty, USC Department of Public Safety and her sorority members.
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