Kobe met Vanessa during a music video shoot in 1999 while she was still in high school and he was just 20 years old. They got engaged when she turned 18, and they got married in April 2001. Kobe shared a picture of the day they met on Instagram in April 2013. Did Vanessa get Kobe’s wedding ring? While there’s no denying her nails looked on point, it was her sparkling diamond ring that really caught our eye.